How to Cancel Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) in 2026 — Export Stories + Switch Tools

Last updated: February 2026 • Difficulty: Easy

⚠️ The Shortcut situation: Once the darling of startup engineering teams (as "Clubhouse" before the audio app stole the name), Shortcut charges $8.50/user/month for features that Linear and GitHub Projects now offer free. The rebrand confusion didn't help, and many teams have quietly migrated to Linear for its speed and free tier.

Shortcut Pricing

Free: Up to 10 users, limited features (recently added free tier)
Team ($8.50/user/month): Full features, integrations, reporting
Business ($12/user/month): Advanced reporting, SSO, custom fields
Enterprise: Custom pricing, SOC 2, priority support

How to Cancel

Go to Settings → Billing in your Shortcut workspace
Click Cancel Subscription or Downgrade to Free
Export your data first (critical — see below)
Cancellation takes effect at end of billing period
Free tier keeps basic functionality for up to 10 users

Export Your Data

CSV export: Settings → Data → Export Stories as CSV
API export: Shortcut has a REST API — export stories, epics, labels, workflows programmatically
Linear import: Linear has a dedicated Shortcut importer — one-click migration of stories, epics, and labels
GitHub migration: Use the API to create GitHub Issues from Shortcut stories

💡 Linear has a 1-click Shortcut importer. If you're switching to Linear, the migration takes about 5 minutes. Stories, epics, labels, and team members all transfer automatically.

Free Alternatives

Linear (free for small teams): The most popular Shortcut replacement — faster UI, keyboard-first, beautiful design. Free for teams up to 250 issues/month.
GitHub Projects (free): Built into GitHub, no extra tool needed — tables, boards, roadmaps
Plane.so (free, open-source): Self-hostable Linear alternative with issues, cycles, and modules
ClickUp (free tier): Unlimited tasks, multiple views — feature-rich but heavier
Jira (free up to 10 users): Heavier but includes sprint planning, backlog management — standard for larger teams

The Math

8-person team on Shortcut Team: 8 × $8.50 = $68/month = $816/year. Linear for the same team: $0-$64/month depending on usage. GitHub Projects: $0 (included with any GitHub plan). Plane.so self-hosted: $0. The engineering PM tool market has a race-to-free happening — Shortcut's pricing hasn't kept up.

🔍 Find All Your Dev Tool Subscriptions

Shortcut is one of many SaaS tools billing your team. Upload a bank statement to JustCancel and we'll find every subscription.

Scan Your Statement — $5 One-Time

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Quick Cancel Guide: Shortcut

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions