How this helps you
You stop paying for trials and plans you forgot about, and nothing is cancelled without your OK.
Run Find unused subscriptions. List every plan I'm still paying for with its price and next renewal date, mark the ones you think I don't use and say why, and don't cancel anything until I pick from the list.
Fill in: No placeholders. Ask for Try it, don't pay for it or Watch subscription prices the same way.
What they did
@spectnfa walked through the "Try it, don't pay for it" template that arrived in the 0.78 update. It starts a free trial for you, then cancels it or reminds you before the card is charged. His steps: update Grok Bot, tell your Bot what you want to try, approve the trial, then forget about it. The same update added Find unused subscriptions, which shows the plans you still pay for and cancels the ones you pick, and Watch subscription prices, which checks renewal prices. The official changelog says Bots can now cancel a subscription or look up its price and renewal date, and confirm with you before changing anything.
Who it's for: Anyone who signs up for trials and forgets to cancel them.
Before you start
- Grok Bot updated to 0.78 or later
- A payment method in the Vault's Payments tab if the trial needs a card
How to try it
- Update Grok Bot to the latest version.
- Start with Find unused subscriptions: ask your Bot to run it, then pick which plans to cancel from the list it shows you.
- For a trial, tell your Bot what you want to try with the Try it, don't pay for it template, and say whether it should cancel or just remind you before it bills.
- Approve the trial when the Bot asks.
- Add Watch subscription prices so renewal price changes reach you before they hit.
- Check your card statement after the first billing date to confirm nothing was charged.
What to expect
A list of active plans with prices and renewal dates, a few marked as likely unused, and a confirmation card before each cancellation.
Common mistakes
- Letting a trial start without saying whether you want it cancelled or just a reminder.
- Assuming a cancellation worked without checking the next statement.
- Approving a cancel card without reading which plan it names.
Related tips
- Build a recurring charges page from your email receipts: One prompt turns receipt emails into a subscriptions page with totals, duplicates and a privacy toggle.
- Research to purchase, with your approval: It researched pet insurance, compared quotes and paid with Link only after the user said buy.
- A price watch Bot that only pings you for a real, verified drop: Give a Bot one exact product and two shops. It checks every morning, treats anything it can't read as unknown, and stays quiet unless it confirms a lower price.
Worth knowingTemplate names and the confirm-before-changing rule are from the official 0.78.0 changelog. We haven't tested how each store handles a Bot cancelling.
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