Cancel JetBrains Subscription in 2026: Save $250+/Year

Updated February 2026 • 7 min read

💡 JetBrains has a "perpetual fallback license" — if you've paid for 12+ consecutive months, you keep a permanent license for the version available at your 12-month mark. Don't cancel until you understand this.

What JetBrains Costs

Individual IDE (IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, etc.): $169/year (1st year), $134 (2nd), $101 (3rd+)
All Products Pack: $289/year (1st), $231 (2nd), $173 (3rd+)
Monthly: $16.90/month per IDE, $28.90/month All Products
Business: $649/year per user (All Products) — often auto-renewed without review

Over 3 years, a single IDE costs $404. The All Products Pack costs $693. For teams, multiply by headcount.

How to Cancel JetBrains

Step 1: Check Your Fallback License

Before canceling, log into account.jetbrains.com and check your subscription start date. If you've paid for 12+ consecutive months, you're eligible for a perpetual fallback license — a permanent license for the IDE version that was current at your 12-month anniversary.

Step 2: Cancel the Subscription

Go to account.jetbrains.com/licenses
Find your active subscription
Click the subscription ID to open details
Click "Cancel Subscription"
Confirm cancellation

Your access continues until the current billing period ends. No pro-rata refunds on annual plans.

Step 3: Activate Fallback License

After cancellation, your JetBrains account will show a perpetual fallback license (if eligible). This license works offline and never expires — but it locks to the version available at your eligibility date, with no future updates.

Free Alternatives to JetBrains IDEs

VS Code (free) — covers 90% of use cases with extensions. IntelliSense, debugging, Git integration, and a massive extension marketplace
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (free) — Java/Kotlin development. No Spring support, but adequate for most projects
PyCharm Community Edition (free) — Python development without web framework support
Fleet (JetBrains, free public preview) — lightweight editor with smart mode for IDE features
Cursor ($20/month or free tier) — AI-first code editor. If you're paying for JetBrains + GitHub Copilot, Cursor replaces both
Neovim + LazyVim (free) — for developers willing to invest setup time, matches or exceeds JetBrains performance

⚡ The Real Question

If you're paying for JetBrains ($170-290/yr) AND GitHub Copilot ($100/yr) AND a Cursor subscription ($240/yr), you're spending $500+/year on code editors. Pick one combo — VS Code + Copilot ($100/yr) or Cursor ($240/yr) handles everything.

When JetBrains Is Worth Keeping

Heavy refactoring in large codebases: JetBrains refactoring tools are genuinely best-in-class
Database tools: DataGrip is better than any free SQL client
Kotlin/Android development: Android Studio (free) is based on IntelliJ, but JetBrains IDE has better Kotlin multiplatform support

For everything else, VS Code + extensions matches JetBrains functionality at $0.

🔍 How many dev tool subscriptions are you paying for?

IDEs, cloud hosting, CI/CD, monitoring, domains — upload your statement to JustCancel and see every recurring charge.

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Quick Cancel Guide: Jetbrains

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions