How to cancel a Microsoft Planner and Project Plan3 subscription

Elizabeth Johnston 0 Reputation points
2026-08-31T04:26:29.26+00:00

To whom it may concern,

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I have been trying to cancel this subscription since August last year, 2025, that is now over 13 months, and have not been able to do so. I only worked for a 9 month period up to June 2025 and no longer use it.

The key issue is that I cannot log into to the Microsoft Account with my personal email address - it asks for a business or school address. I may have, but would be surprised if I had registered the subscription under my work e-mail address as all other visible details including the e-mail you use are my personal details. The work e-mail is obviously no longer active, for the last 14mths now and not accessible.

You do not appear to have any offices in Australia or even more surprisingly any phone number where i can talk to an actual real person to work this through.   

Specific Microsoft Actions to date, in addition to many attempts via different methods to cancel.

  1. In August 2025 I had a “conversation” with an auto bot which did not provide any outcome.
  2. In July 2026 I had a long chat session with an auto bot, I can attach a copy of the session if required.

Both were unsuccessful and did not provide a process enabling me to cancel the subscription.
You must be able to refer to both of the above for an more detailed understanding of the actual issue.

I have contacted my bank on multi occasions since August 2025 and their response was that i should cancel my credit card and get a new one. I am not prepared to do that as it is extremely inconvenient and time consuming when i consider the issue is due to lack of adequate process and service on Microsoft’s side. 

My credit card expired in July 2026, so i assumed the DD would auto stop. It did not and even tho you didn’t have my latest CC details you were still able to deduct the August $$. I fund this incredible and what i would think was against all banking and partnership principles.  

The bank in the meantime has refunded the last 3 direct debits, not the last 12 which i consider they should have done. I have received an e-mail from Microsoft stating that these 3 invoices are now past due, even though you should be able to see that they were initially paid and then reversed. I will NOT be paying these and expect a refund for all Invoices since August 2025.

Could you please respond to this email as a matter of urgency or i will seek a method for escalating this and refer to our local Ombudsman.

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  1. Michelle Nguyen 1,510 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-08-31T05:38:29.9666667+00:00

    Hi @Elizabeth Johnston

    Thank you for providing these details. I understand that you have been attempting to cancel this subscription since August 2025, but have been unable to do so because you no longer have access to the work account that may be associated with the subscription. As a result, the subscription has continued to renew and charges have continued to be applied even though you are no longer using the service.

    I also understand that you have already contacted Microsoft support channels multiple times, including chat support, without obtaining a resolution, and that your bank has since reversed several charges, which has now resulted in overdue invoice notifications from Microsoft.

    Unfortunately, subscription cancellations, billing reviews, account ownership verification, and refund requests are not something that can be resolved through the community forums. These actions require access to Microsoft's account and billing systems.

    To help move this forward, please follow this link to create a trial tenant: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-business-basic?msockid=3eb6980b5c6860e63a588d0c5d1761d6 - after that you will be able to access to Microsoft 365 Admin Center to raise the ticket

    Assuming that you have already created an account after registering a free trial and you can go to Microsoft 365 admin center and click "Help & support" icon to raise your ticket. The agent will be able to create a ticket for you under the affected tenant and then transfer this ticket to Data Protection team who could help you to regain access.     User's image

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    Please mention that you are raising ticket on behalf of the affected tenant that you do not have access to. The support team will help you to create ticket on the affected tenant then later on the Microsoft Data Protection team will assist you.

    Note: This process will take more time than usual (7-14 working days) for your account to get access again as Data Protection is always overwhelmed with the number of tickets. As I am user, I do not have access to Microsoft internal system to assist or push this process to be quicker.

    On the other hand, if you do create the trial and it resolves the issue, please remember to cancel the subscription afterward to avoid any related charges. 

    I hope my information is helpful. Please give me any updates once you get this resolved.

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  2. Elizabeth Johnston 0 Reputation points
    2026-08-31T04:51:22.3033333+00:00

    To whom it may concern,

    Please refer a copy of the AI conversation of July 27, 2026

    MICROSOFT AI STORE ASSISTANT conversation July 27th 6pm.pdf

    Regards, Elizabeth Johnston

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