Nintendo (Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo eShop): charged after a free trial

The free 7-day Nintendo Switch Online trial needs a payment method and turns on auto-renewal for a paid 30-day individual membership; turn off auto-renewal before the 7 days end.

ACredibility A · last verified 2026-10-13 · 100% official or government sources

What does this mean?

Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 17 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.

All Nintendo (Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo eShop) contacts Open in the interactive directory JSON

Collect

trial start date
screenshot showing auto-renewal off

Steps

Turn off auto-renewal on the Nintendo Account website or in the eShop before the seven-day trial ends.
OnlineNintendo Account website, Nintendo Switch Online, Cancel Your Pass by Turning Off Auto-Renewal Sign-in required

More contacts for this issue

AppNintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch or Switch 2, Account Information, Cancel Your Subscription by Turning Off Automatic Renewal Nintendo eShop on the console HOME Menu, select the buying account, icon in the upper-right corner (Account Information), Cancel Your Subscription by Turning Off Automatic Renewal Sign-in required

Facts you can cite

Deadline
Starting the free seven-day trial turns on auto-renewal "for an individual 30-day membership, to begin when the trial ends." A payment method for auto-renewal is required. "If you cancel the auto-renewal before the seven-day trial period ends, you will not be charged." The trial is available once per Nintendo Account.
Source: en-americas-support.nintendo.com, verified 2026-10-13

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

Customer service
PhoneNintendo customer support (US and Canada) +1-800-255-3700
Written complaint
AppNintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch or Switch 2, Account Information, Cancel Your Subscription by Turning Off Automatic Renewal Nintendo eShop on the console HOME Menu, select the buying account, icon in the upper-right corner (Account Information), Cancel Your Subscription by Turning Off Automatic Renewal Sign-in required
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for charges after a cancellation.
Federal regulator
RegulatorFederal Trade Commission +1-877-382-4357
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

Watch out

Turning off auto-renewal needs the Nintendo Account sign-in of the account that bought the membership, or the console.
Live chat and text support showed "Temporarily unavailable" on 2026-10-13; phone hours are 6 a.m.-7 p.m. PT.
Disputing a charge with the card issuer leads Nintendo to restrict the Nintendo Account.

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