Cancel it in the store where you subscribed, because that is where happn Premium is managed. On an iPhone that means Settings, then your Apple ID, then Subscriptions. On Android it means Google Play, then Payments & subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel anything. happn says to cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date so you are not charged for another period, and you keep Premium until the end of the period you already paid for.
Cancel on an iPhone
- Open the Settings app on your phone.
- Tap your Apple ID, the name at the top of the screen.
- Tap Subscriptions.
- Tap happn.
- Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm.
If happn does not appear in the list, you may have subscribed with a different Apple ID, or on Android. Check the other store before you assume the subscription is gone.
Cancel on Android
- Open the Google Play app.
- Tap your profile icon.
- Tap Payments & subscriptions.
- Tap Subscriptions.
- Tap happn.
- Tap Cancel subscription and confirm.
The same rule applies here. The subscription lives with the Google account you used to buy it, so sign in to that one. If your phone carries more than one Google account, switch to the one that paid before you start looking.
Deleting the app does not cancel it
This is the mistake that costs men the most money. They get fed up one evening, delete happn from the phone, and assume that settles it. It does not.
The charge comes from Apple or Google, not from the app sitting on your screen. Removing the app does nothing to the payment. You can go months paying for Premium you cannot even see. Always cancel in the store first. Then delete the app if you want to.
Cancel a day before it renews
happn says to cancel at least 24 hours before your renewal date. Leave it to the last evening and you may be charged for the next period anyway.
The simple fix is to cancel early. You do not lose anything by cancelling on the first day of a new period rather than the last, because of the next point.
If you would rather keep Premium running for now, set a reminder on your phone for two days before the renewal date, on the same day you subscribe. It takes ten seconds, and it means the decision to pay again is always one you made on purpose.
What you keep until the period ends
Cancelling stops the next payment. It does not switch off what you already paid for. happn says you keep the Premium benefits until the end of the current billing period.
So if you are unsure whether you will want Premium next month, cancel it now and use the rest of this month in full. If you change your mind, subscribe again. That is much better than forgetting and paying for a month you did not want.
Paying for dating apps on purpose
Before you cancel, take a minute to judge whether Premium was working, because that decides what you do next.
a dating coach's rule on paid features is to test them and drop the ones that make no real difference. That only works if you actually measure. So look back at your last month. Count your Crushes. Count the conversations that went somewhere, and the dates that came out of them. Then compare that with a month on the free app, if you have one to compare against.
If Premium clearly brought you more good Crushes and more dates, cancelling to save money may cost you more than it saves. a dating coach points out that men lose a lot of results by refusing to pay for anything at all.
If the numbers look the same, cancel without guilt. The subscription was not the thing holding you back. Most of the time the difference comes from somewhere else: the first photo in your set, the way you open a chat, or how quickly you suggest a plan. Money cannot fix those. Time spent on them usually can.
And if you are cancelling because you want a break rather than because it was a waste, cancel the subscription and pause the account. That keeps your Crushes and conversations waiting for you when you come back.
Whichever it is, write down what you saw during the month you paid. When you are tempted to subscribe again, that note will tell you more than the upgrade screen will.
Written by Matthew Stevens, Co-Founder & Head Coach. More than half a decade coaching men across the US and worldwide.
Everything here comes out of real coaching work: the approaches, dates, texts and profiles we go through with the men we coach.