How to Cancel Trello Premium in 2026 - Keep Your Boards Free
Cancel Trello Premium or Standard on web. Must be Workspace Admin. No refunds for current billing period. Your boards and cards stay intact on the free plan.
To cancel Trello Premium, go to trello.com, click the Trello logo in the top left, select your Workspace from the list, click Billing in the workspace sidebar, scroll down to find the cancellation option, click Cancel, and confirm your choice. The process is web-only and takes about two minutes. Only Workspace Admins can access billing settings - regular members will not see the Billing option in the sidebar. At $6/user/month (monthly) or $5/user/month (annual), Trello is one of the cheaper project management tools, but the cost still adds up for larger teams. A 15-person team on monthly billing pays $90/month. The free plan is genuinely useful - you get unlimited cards, up to 10 boards per workspace, unlimited storage, 250 workspace command runs per month for automations, and all the basic views (board, timeline, calendar, table). What you lose on free is unlimited boards, advanced checklists, custom fields, priority support, and more automation runs. For personal use or small teams that work with fewer than 10 boards, the free tier covers most needs.
What you'll learn
- How to cancel Trello Premium on web (the only method)
- Why only Workspace Admins can access billing and cancel
- What your boards and cards keep vs lose after downgrading
- Trello's no-refund policy and what happens to your data
- Free Kanban and project management alternatives to Trello
Trello does not offer refunds for unused billing time. Cancel close to your renewal date to maximize the value of your current plan. Check your billing date in Workspace Settings before cancelling.
Trello Plans and Pricing (2026)
| Billing | Price (India) | Price (US) |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | - | $6/user/mo |
| Annual | - | $5/user/mo |
Trello also offers a Standard plan at $6/user/month (monthly) and an Enterprise plan starting at $17.50/user/month for larger organizations. The annual Premium plan saves about 17% compared to monthly billing. Indian users are charged in USD since Trello does not offer INR-specific pricing. At current exchange rates, Trello Premium costs roughly ₹500/user/month - making it one of the more affordable paid project management tools even without regional pricing.
Trello cancellation is web-only. You cannot downgrade through the Trello mobile app on iPhone or Android. Use a desktop browser at trello.com.
How to Cancel Trello Premium on Web
- 1Go to trello.com and log in
- 2Click the Trello logo in the top left corner
- 3Select your Workspace from the list
- 4Click Billing in the workspace sidebar
- 5Scroll down to find the cancellation option
- 6Click Cancel and confirm your choice
Only Workspace Admins can manage billing. If you do not see the Billing option in the sidebar, you are not a Workspace Admin. Ask your Workspace Admin to either cancel the plan or promote you to Admin first.
What Happens After You Cancel Trello?
Your Premium features stay active until the end of your current billing period. After that, your workspace reverts to the free plan. All your boards, lists, cards, comments, attachments, and activity history remain intact - Trello does not delete anything when you downgrade. The main change is the 10-board limit per workspace on the free plan. If you have more than 10 boards, the extra boards become view-only - you can see them but cannot edit until you either archive boards to get under the limit or upgrade again. Custom fields on existing cards still display their values but you cannot create new custom fields or edit the field definitions. Automation command runs drop from 1,000 per month (Premium) to 250 per month (free). Calendar and timeline views continue working on the free plan. Butler automation rules you already created keep running but count against the lower free tier limit.
Trello in India - Key Notes
Trello bills in USD, so Indian users pay through credit or debit cards with potential foreign currency fees of 1-3% from their bank. At roughly ₹500/user/month, Trello Premium is relatively affordable compared to other project management tools. If you subscribed through Google Play on Android using UPI, check your UPI app for active autopay mandates and revoke the Trello mandate after cancelling. For Indian freelancers and small teams, the free tier with 10 boards is often enough - most solo projects and small team workflows fit within that limit. If you need more boards without paying, creating separate workspaces is a workaround since each free workspace gets its own 10-board allowance.
Alternatives to Trello Premium
Notion offers Kanban boards plus docs, wikis, and databases in a free plan for individuals. ClickUp has a free tier with unlimited tasks, multiple views, and 100 MB storage. GitHub Projects is free for developers and integrates directly with code repositories. Todoist offers a Kanban-style board view in its free plan with up to 5 projects. For teams that want open-source and self-hosted, Wekan and Planka are solid Trello alternatives with no user limits. Microsoft Planner is free with Microsoft 365 accounts and provides a similar board-based task management experience. If you are switching tools or managing multiple productivity subscriptions, use RecurStop to track everything in one place and get alerts before any renewal charges.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I cancel Trello from the mobile app?
No. Trello only allows billing changes through the web interface at trello.com. The iPhone and Android apps do not include billing management options. You need to use a desktop browser to access your Workspace settings and the Billing section. If you are on mobile, you can request the desktop version of the site in your browser, but the full desktop experience works more reliably.
What happens to boards over the 10-board limit after downgrading?
If your workspace has more than 10 boards when you downgrade to the free plan, the extra boards become view-only. You can still see their contents, cards, and attachments, but you cannot edit them, add new cards, or move existing cards. To regain editing access, you need to either archive enough boards to get under the 10-board limit or upgrade back to a paid plan. Trello does not delete any boards automatically.
Does Trello offer refunds when you cancel?
Trello does not provide refunds for unused time in your current billing period. Your Premium features continue working until the billing period ends, then the workspace reverts to the free plan. If you were charged by mistake or experienced a billing error, contact Atlassian support through the Trello help center. For annual subscriptions, early cancellation means losing potentially months of unused service.
Do my automations stop working after cancelling Trello Premium?
Your existing Butler automation rules continue working on the free plan, but with a lower monthly limit. Free workspaces get 250 automation command runs per month compared to 1,000 on Premium. If your automations exceed 250 runs in a month, they stop executing until the next month. Complex automations with multiple actions count as multiple runs. Review your automation usage in the Butler section to see if 250 runs is sufficient for your workflow.
Who can cancel or downgrade a Trello workspace?
Only Workspace Admins can access billing settings and downgrade the plan. Regular workspace members and even board-level admins cannot see or modify billing information. To find out who the Workspace Admin is, click the workspace name and look at the Members section - Admins will have the Admin label next to their name. If the Admin has left your team, contact Atlassian support to transfer workspace ownership.