How to Cancel Readwise in 2026 (The $8.99/Month Highlight Saver)

Updated February 2026 • 4 min read

Readwise charges $8.99/month (or $7.99/month annually). Readwise Reader (the read-later app) is bundled at $13.99/month. For a service that saves your Kindle highlights and sends daily review emails, that's a meaningful recurring cost. Here's how to cancel and keep your data.

How to Cancel Readwise

Go to readwise.io/preferences
Scroll to Subscription
Click "Cancel Subscription"
They offer a discounted rate (usually 50% off) — decline or accept
Confirm cancellation
Export your data first (see below)

Export Everything Before Canceling

Go to readwise.io/export
Choose CSV or Markdown format
Download all highlights from Kindle, articles, podcasts, tweets
If using the Notion/Obsidian integration, your highlights are already synced there
For Reader: export your reading list and article highlights separately

Free Alternatives

For Kindle Highlights

Kindle Notebook (free) — read.amazon.com/notebook shows all your highlights
Clippings.io (free tier) — Import Kindle clippings file, organize by book
Bookcision (free) — Chrome extension to export Kindle highlights

For Read-Later

Omnivore (free, open-source) — Full read-later app with highlights, labels, newsletters
Pocket (free) — Save articles, built into Firefox
Raindrop.io (free tier) — Bookmarking with highlights and annotations
Matter (free) — Read-later with audio narration

For Spaced Repetition Review

Anki (free) — The gold standard for spaced repetition. Import your highlights as flashcards
Notion + daily reminder — Create a database of highlights, set a daily reminder to review random entries
Obsidian + Spaced Repetition plugin (free) — Review notes on a schedule

When Readwise Is Worth Keeping

Readwise genuinely shines if you read 20+ books/year and want automatic highlight sync to Notion or Obsidian. The integration is seamless — highlights appear in your notes without any manual work. If you read 5 books/year, you can manually copy highlights in the time it takes to drink a coffee. The math: 20+ books/year = maybe worth $108/year. Under 10 books/year = manual export is fine.

Bottom line: Readwise is a well-made niche product. If you're a heavy reader who lives in Notion/Obsidian, it's genuine value. If you read casually, your Kindle highlights are already saved at read.amazon.com for free. Export, cancel, save $108-168/year.

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How to Cancel Readwise in 2026 (The $8.99/Month Highlight Saver)