Nintendo (Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo eShop): refund request

Nintendo treats digital purchases and subscription payments as final unless Nintendo authorizes a refund or the law requires one; ask through support anyway if the charge was an error.

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

order number or purchase history entry
date and amount
Nintendo Account email

Steps

Find the purchase in the Nintendo Account purchase history.
OnlineNintendo Account website, Nintendo Switch Online, Cancel Your Pass by Turning Off Auto-Renewal Sign-in required
Contact Nintendo support and ask for a refund; say why (error, duplicate, not delivered).
PhoneNintendo customer support (US and Canada) +1-800-255-3700

More contacts for this issue

PhoneNintendo customer support from outside the US or Canada +1-425-558-7078

ChatNintendo Support contact page (24/7 chatbot, help ticket, live chat when available)

Facts you can cite

Policy
"Except as authorized by Nintendo or as required by applicable law, all payments that you make through the Nintendo Account services (including pre-purchases and subscription payments) are final and non-refundable."
Source: nintendo.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
For downloaded games or DLC bought by mistake, Nintendo says "We are unable to provide refunds or exchanges for mistaken purchases."
Source: en-americas-support.nintendo.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
Nintendo's FAQ for digital games bought on Nintendo.com says "All sales are final", but "pre-orders can be canceled any time before the payment is processed and the game is pre-loaded on your console" "(up to 7 days before the game's release date)".
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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