When your academic journey has reached its dramatic conclusion, your life changes a lot. Preparing to graduate may feel daunting at first, but there are plenty of ways to get the ball rolling in your final few months as a student.
Packing it all in will likely include saying goodbye to many student-related services that you will no longer require when you leave school. If Chegg happens to be one of them, the company makes it easy to separate yourself when your time finally comes calling.
What Is Chegg?
Chegg's original claim to fame was providing broke college students everywhere with the things that they would need to succeed as academics. This mainly came in the form of providing affordable textbook rentals, both digital and physical.
The founders aspired to solve the increasingly negative toll that a highly competitive textbook industry was taking on students. Chegg's solution is to connect students with other valuable resources, such as help finding financial aid, as well as tutoring subscriptions and education on how to navigate the world of academia.
Cancelling any of these services won't be a huge hassle if you're already a subscriber. There are no contracts or cancellation fees. You are free to leave at any time.
Things to Note Before Cancelling Your Chegg Subscription
There are a couple of things to keep in mind as you prepare to cancel Chegg.
1. Your Cancellation Method Is Determined By Your Sign-Up Method
Just like with anything else, your way into the world of Chegg will also be your way out. Chegg's subscription packages come in a couple of forms: subscriptions acquired via Google Play or Apple's App Store, or those purchased through the Chegg site itself.
To cancel Chegg, simply go through whichever platform that you used to sign up in the first place. Uninstalling the app does not suspend your subscription in any way; the contract itself needs to be cancelled to make sure that you are not charged moving forward.
2. You Do Have the Option to Pause Your Subscription Instead
Chegg gives you a choice between either pausing or cancelling your service. If you're going abroad for a semester and would like to ensure that your subscription rate is locked in when you return, pausing is probably the best way for you to go.
If greener pastures are just ahead, however, letting go entirely and cancelling completely is just as easy.
How to Cancel a Chegg Subscription
You will find yourself in one of three categories: an App Store Chegg subscriber, a Google Play subscriber, or a subscriber who joined Chegg through its website.
The following cancellation methods will apply to anybody looking to cancel Chegg Study, Chegg Study Pack, Chegg Math Solver, and Chegg Writing EasyBib.
How to Cancel a Chegg Account Made on The Site
Anybody who signed up on Chegg.com itself will be able to manage their Chegg account from the Account Overview page.
- You will find everything in your purchase history under Orders. Click over to this tab to see everything currently associated with your account.
- All of your Subscriptions should see the Cancel Subscription option next to them. Cancel anything that you don't need anymore.
- You will be asked to provide a reason. Pick one, and then press Confirm to save your new settings.
Chegg allows you to continue using the service until the original end of your contract. Once this final pay period has expired, your subscription with Chegg will end.
How to Cancel a Chegg Account Created Through Apple's App Store
To cancel your subscription on an Apple device, access your Apple ID account through your the App Store.
- Open up the App Store.
- Head to the Search tab, then tap your icon in the top-left corner.
- In the new window, choose Subscriptions.
- Select Chegg from the list, and then press Cancel Subscription.
- Finalize the decision with Save or Done.
Bear in mind, the subscription will remain active until it expires at the end of the billing cycle. You'll still be able to use Chegg until then.
How to Cancel a Chegg Account Created With Google Play
You can also unsubscribe via the Google Play Store. Head on over to the Google Play store from any device in order to do so. If you're doing the deed via mobile, you can also proceed through your Android settings, as well.
- From Settings, choose Subscriptions.
- The Chegg app should be listed; select it to open up your account preferences.
- You can hit Cancel from here to end your subscription.
- Your settings should now be updated to reflect the change.
Again, the subscription will remain active until it expires naturally.
How to Delete Your Chegg Account Data Permanently
When cancelling your Chegg subscription, you might want to take things just a couple of steps further. The platform offers permanent removal of your data, Chegg's data security concerns you.
Make sure that you don't have any active subscriptions or outstanding book rentals. If you do, cancel the subscriptions and return any rentals. If you've recently borrowed an eTextbook, you will not be able to delete Chegg until the rental period is actually over officially.
Once you're clear, Chegg will give you a web form to complete that allows you to specify what you would like to happen. Choose Data Deletion Request to finalize your account deletion. Also included here are options such as a Do Not Sell Request, an Access Request, and an Opt-Out Request.
Of course, Chegg will not continue to charge you for subscriptions that have been cancelled and textbooks that are no longer in your hands. This is to make sure the company removes all of its data on you.
It's Finally Time to Graduate
Celebrate in style by casting aside the chains of your former student life. Cleansing your life of the subscriptions which no longer serves you is one of the most cathartic parts of joining the real world after graduation.
While Chegg was likely one very helpful source of support while still attending school, there is no reason to keep it on the line any longer than you have to. That money's better invested elsewhere.