How to cancel GitLab
MediumAbout 20 minutesChecked against published steps 3 September 2026
Opens GitLab's own cancellation page. You will need to be signed in to your GitLab account.
Cancelling GitLab
About 20 minutes · Medium
Export the projects and issues you need
GitLab can export a project with its issues, merge requests and wiki.
Check your CI/CD minutes and storage usage
Sign in and open your billing settings
Cancel or downgrade the subscription
- Notice period
- None — cancelling takes effect straight away.
- How you will know it worked
- Confirmation email.
- What happens after you cancel
- Your repositories are safe — the code is in git and every clone is a full copy. What is not in git is everything AROUND the code: issues, merge request discussions, the wiki, CI configuration history and the review conversations that explain why things are the way they are. GitLab's project export packages those together, and taking it is the whole job. CI/CD MINUTES are billed separately from the plan and are the usual source of a bill that does not fall after cancelling. So is storage. Check both. Downgrading keeps the projects and reduces the features — fewer approval rules, fewer security scans, tighter minute allowances — rather than removing anything. Private repositories stay private on the free tier. An annual subscription runs to the end of its term.
- How we checked
- Checked against GitLab's published instructions on 3 September 2026.Nobody has walked this flow, so treat the steps as their account of it rather than ours.
What else are you paying for?
Find possible recurring subscriptions in your bank statement. Cancel OS reads a statement export you give it and flags the charges that look recurring, for you to confirm.