WeightWatchers: refund request
Fees are not refundable once a billing period starts. Exceptions are cancellation within 3 days of the first purchase (or the period state law sets), medical reasons, relocation and Workshop closure. App Store purchases are not refundable by WW.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 95% of 19 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- purchase date
- plan type
- reason for cancellation (doctor's note
- proof of move)
- cancellation confirmation
Steps
If you are inside 3 days of the first purchase (or your state's longer period), cancel and ask for the full refund. In listed states you may cancel by mail to Customer Care or by calling.
For a medical reason, a move or a Workshop closure, ask Customer Care for a refund and send proof.
MailWW Customer Care mailing address (written cancellation notice under state rights, section 24) WW International, Inc., 18 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, Attention. Customer Care
Facts you can cite
- Policy
The subscription fee "is not refundable or cancellable once a billing period" has started (section 4.A).
Source: weightwatchers.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Deadline
If you cancel under section 24 "within 3 days (or such other period as required by law) of your initial purchase, we will refund the full amounts required by applicable law" (section 4.A(3)).
Source: weightwatchers.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Deadline
California and other listed states (section 24.A): you may cancel "WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION" before midnight of the third business day after the contract date, excluding Sundays and holidays, by signed notice to WW International, Inc., 18 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, Attention: Customer Care, or by calling 1-800-651-6000. Georgia allows seven business days (section 24.C).
Source: weightwatchers.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Policy
Refunds apply when you cancel for "a medical reason, relocation" (a move of more than 15 miles from a Workshop location) or a Workshop closure, except fixed upfront fees (section 4.A(1)). If WW ends your membership for a reason other than your violation, it refunds the unused portion pro rata (section 4.A(2)).
Source: weightwatchers.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Policy
New York (section 24.J): you may also cancel if a doctor's order says you cannot receive the services because of significant physical disability for more than six months, if you move more than twenty-five miles from any Workshop facility, or if the services stop being offered as stated.
Source: weightwatchers.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Limit
"Purchases made within the Mobile Apps downloaded from the Apple® iTunes store are not refundable" by WW (section 4.B).
Source: weightwatchers.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
Written complaint
MailWW Customer Care mailing address (written cancellation notice under state rights, section 24) WW International, Inc., 18 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, Attention. Customer CareCard 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
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
- Online cancellation is in the signed-in areas of the site or app.
- The Cancellation Policy page mentions 24/7 chat but gives no chat link; no phone hours are published in the Membership Agreement.
- WW says purchases made in its iOS app (Apple) are not refundable by WW (section 4.B).
- WW Clinic (medical and medication) memberships have a separate agreement that this file does not cover.
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