How to Cancel LiftmyCV (And Try for a Refund) in 2026

Short answer: Cancel the auto-renewal first, from your LiftmyCV account settings, so no new monthly charge lands while you sort out a refund. Then request a refund in writing through LiftmyCV’s support channel, citing the specific charge and date. Be realistic: several reviewers report a strict or no-refund stance, so if support declines, your most reliable lever is a card dispute through your bank. Then switch to a tool that doesn’t charge you before you know it works.

Below is the full process, plus the documented reviewer outcomes that explain why cancellation and refunds trip people up on LiftmyCV specifically.

Disclosure: I’m the founder of FastApply, which competes with LiftmyCV. This post is built around LiftmyCV’s published pricing and public customer reviews, not my opinion. Where I cite a refund outcome, it links to the public review where the customer described it.

First, Understand What You’re Cancelling

LiftmyCV’s paid plans are monthly subscriptions that grant a set number of “Lifts” (application credits): 200, 500, or 1,000 per month at $14.99, $29.99, and $49.99 respectively. Two things about this structure matter when you cancel.

First, multiple reviewers report that unused Lifts expire at the end of each billing month rather than rolling over. So there’s no bank of unused credits to “use up” before cancelling; whatever you didn’t spend this month is generally gone regardless.

Second, the subscription auto-renews. If you want to stop paying, cancelling the renewal is the action that matters, and it’s separate from asking for money back on a charge that already happened. Do the cancellation first.

Step 1: Cancel the Auto-Renewal Before Anything Else

Log in to your LiftmyCV account and open your account or billing settings. That’s where the subscription and plan controls live. Cancel or turn off the auto-renewal there so you aren’t charged again on the next billing date.

If you can’t find a self-serve cancel control, contact LiftmyCV through the support or contact channel listed on liftmycv.com and ask, in plain terms, for “immediate cancellation of my subscription auto-renewal.” Keep this request separate from any refund request; cancellation is the simpler ask and you want it processed cleanly on its own.

Whatever route you use, screenshot the confirmation. LiftmyCV reviewers describe support as slow at times, so having your own timestamped proof of when you cancelled matters if a charge lands afterward and you need to dispute it.

Step 2: Request the Refund in Writing, With Specifics

Once the renewal is cancelled, send a separate written refund request. Precise, factual, and unemotional requests do better than angry ones, both with support teams and later with your bank if it comes to that.

Use something like this:

Subject: Refund request for [plan] charge dated [date] — account [[email protected]]

Hello,

I’m requesting a refund of the $XX.XX charge dated [date] for my LiftmyCV subscription, which I have cancelled as of [date]. [Add one factual sentence about why, e.g., “The service auto-applied to very few roles on my target boards during this billing period.”]

If a refund cannot be issued, please reply with the specific refund policy clause that applies, so I can review it.

Thank you.

The closing line is deliberate. Asking for the specific clause turns a vague “we don’t do refunds” into a documented denial, which is exactly what a card issuer wants to see if you dispute later.

Step 3: Be Realistic About LiftmyCV’s Refund Stance

This is where LiftmyCV differs from some competitors. There’s no widely posted 14-day money-back guarantee, and the most consistent complaint in its reviews is refund friction. On the Chrome Web Store, Rustom Vazifdar wrote: “In 1 month my colleague only got auto applied to 1 job… They have a 0 return policy.”

That’s one customer’s account, not a statement of official policy, and you should confirm the current refund terms yourself on liftmycv.com. But plan for the possibility that support declines. If they do, you still have a path, it just runs through your bank rather than through LiftmyCV.

Step 4: If Support Says No, Dispute the Charge

If you paid with a card and support won’t refund, you can file a dispute with your card issuer. This is the lever most people don’t realize they have, and for major US issuers (Chase, Capital One, AmEx, Bank of America) the process is well-defined.

The reason code that usually fits is “service not as described” (for example, if auto-apply volume was a tiny fraction of the Lifts you paid for) or “unauthorized recurring charge” (for a renewal you weren’t clearly notified about). Both are valid under Visa and Mastercard rules for subscription disputes.

Attach documentation to the dispute:

• Your cancellation request and its date (the screenshot from Step 1).
• Your written refund request and LiftmyCV’s reply, if any.
• A screenshot of LiftmyCV’s posted refund terms from its site.
• One or two factual sentences on what wasn’t as described (specifics beat adjectives: “Paid for 200 monthly Lifts; dashboard shows N applications submitted” is strong).

Disputes typically resolve in 30 to 60 days, and issuers often apply a provisional credit within about a week so you’re not carrying the charge while it’s reviewed. Note that card issuers expect you to try the merchant first, which is exactly why Steps 2 and 3 come before this one.

What to Switch To: A Tool That Doesn’t Charge You First

The reason a LiftmyCV cancellation can get frustrating is structural: you pay for a month of Lifts before you know how many real matches exist for your titles on its 7 supported boards, and unused Lifts don’t roll over. If the volume disappoints, you’re already out the money.

FastApply is built the other way around. You get 5 free applications with no card on file, so you can see whether the matching engine and ATS coverage actually work for your field before any money moves. If it doesn’t fit, you walk away with nothing to cancel and no refund to chase. If it does, you pick a plan at that point.

Feature	LiftmyCV	FastApply
Free tier	3 Lifts	5 applications (no card)
Card required to start	To subscribe	No
ATS / job boards	7 (public list)	150+ ATS platforms
Unused credits	Reported to expire monthly	—
Per-job resume tailoring	Autofill	Yes (Pro & Elite)
Cancellation	Account settings / support	Dashboard, anytime
Entry price	$14.99/mo (200)	$14/mo (200)

The pricing is effectively the same, so this isn’t a “cheaper” pitch. The difference is that you find out whether FastApply works before you pay, which removes the refund question that makes LiftmyCV cancellations painful in the first place.

For the full side-by-side, see FastApply vs LiftmyCV and Is LiftmyCV Legit?.

What Not to Do

Don’t request the refund before cancelling the renewal. If you ask for money back while the subscription is still active, you can be charged again on the next billing date while support reviews the request. Cancel first, then ask.

Don’t call your bank before contacting LiftmyCV. Card issuers expect a documented attempt to resolve with the merchant. Skipping that can get your dispute bounced back to you.

Don’t buy a large plan expecting an easy exit. Given the documented refund friction, the safe move is to start on the free 3-Lift tier, confirm your target boards produce real matches, and only then scale up. Don’t put $49.99 on the line to “see if it works.”

After You Cancel

Most people cancel LiftmyCV for one of two reasons: the auto-apply volume came in below what they paid for, or they didn’t want unused monthly Lifts to keep expiring. Both are structural, and switching tools is the real fix.

Try FastApply free for 5 applications with no card on file. Turn on Auto-pilot mode for hands-off submission across 150+ ATS platforms, or Co-pilot mode to review each application before it sends. Plans start at $14/month, and you cancel from the dashboard anytime with no refund-window race.

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