Delivery apps have made life super convenient for Canadians. With a couple of taps on your mobile device, you can order groceries, food, drinks, and rides. But you’re paying quite a bit of money in exchange for these conveniences. In fact, you could be inadvertently spending thousands of dollars every year. If you’re looking to slash your spending and improve your finances, cutting back on subscriptions like these might be your first step. Here’s how to delete your Uber Eats account and other delivery app subscriptions.
Benefits Of Cancelling Your Delivery Subscriptions
Getting rid of your delivery subscriptions comes with a few key advantages, including the following:
Save Money
In addition to what you’re paying for the product itself that you’re having delivered, there are plenty of other fees involved with delivery services that can add to your bills. From service charges to tips, to price markups and beyond, all these additional fees can eat into your budget. Cutting them out can keep that money in your pocket.
Less Temptation To Spend
It’s so easy to tap on an app and order something for delivery. When you don’t have easy access to these apps, you’ll be much less likely to use them, and therefore less likely to spend more money than you need to.
Where Should You Use The Money Saved From Cancelling These Delivery App Subscriptions?
There are various other ways to use the money you otherwise would have spent on your delivery app subscription. Here are just a few to consider:
Put It Toward An Emergency Fund
Having a financial cushion to fall back on is very important, especially when an unexpected situation arises that requires a big chunk of money to cover. Having the funds readily available will take the stress out of having to scramble to get the money another way, including borrowing from friends and family, or taking out a last-minute loan.
Pay Down Your Credit Cards
Credit cards generally have an interest rate between 19.99% to 21.99%. That means, if you have a big credit card balance that you keep carrying forward month after month, you’re paying a lot of money in interest.
That extra money you save from cancelling your delivery app subscription could be used to pay down your credit card debt. Not only will this free up money you otherwise would have spent on interest, but it will also lower your credit utilization ratio.
This is important as a low credit utilization ratio can positively impact your credit scores. In turn, it can help you qualify for affordable loans in the future.
Lower Your Debts
Freeing up money by cancelling your delivery subscription opens the doors to so many other possibilities. You can use that saved money to pay off as much debt as you can. This can help you save money in interest and help you become debt-free sooner rather than later.
Plus, less debt on the books can improve your financial profile, which can make it easier for you to get approved for personal loans and other credit products in the future.
How To Delete Uber Eats Account
To cancel your Uber Eats account, follow these steps:
- Visit the Uber Eats website and log in to your account
- Click your account name
- Choose “Help” from the drop-down menu
- Click “Account”
- Click “Delete my Uber Eats account”
- Click “Continue”
- Choose a reason for account cancellation
- Click “Delete account”
Important Note: It’s important to understand that cancelling your Uber Eats account also means cancelling your main Uber account. Also, cancelling your account must be done on the website, not the app.
How Much You Can Save If You Delete Your Uber Eats Account?
Depending on how often you use Uber Eats, you can save a substantial amount of money every year. Here are some of the fees you’d save on by deleting your Uber Eats account.
Service fees
- Uber Eats charges a specific fee based on the store category you shop at:
- Restaurants and convenience stores: 10% of the subtotal, from $2 to $4.
- Retail: 13% of the subtotal, from $4.99 to $14.99.
- Liquor stores and alcohol: 20% of the subtotal, from $4.99 to $14.99.
Delivery Fees
Several factors impact the exact fees you’ll pay for a delivery, including the vendor, your location, and delivery person availability. You’ll know exactly what you’ll be charged for delivery before you complete the transaction.
If you want to speed up the delivery, you’ll pay an extra charge of anywhere between $1.99 to $3.99 for priority delivery.
Tips
You can choose to leave any tip amount to the delivery person. However, generally, tips range between 10% to 30% of the purchase. So if you make a $50 Uber Eats purchase, you’ll be paying between $5 to $15 in tips.
Food Price Markups
You’ll pay more for the food and groceries by having it delivered compared to what you’d pay in-person. Restaurants and grocery stores mark up their prices accordingly to accommodate for the extra work involved in having the food delivered. Each merchant decides how much to mark up their prices, so these extra costs can range a great deal.
Uber One Membership
Uber One is an optional membership you can subscribe to. It provides discounts on eligible orders and rides. However, you’ll be paying a monthly fee for it. If you’ve subscribed to Uber One, you’ll save $9.99 every month or $99.99 each year, plus tax.
How To Cancel Uber One Membership
To cancel a Uber One membership, follow these steps:
- Open the Uber app
- Tap on the account icon
- Select “Uber One”
- Select “Manage Membership”
- Select “Next”
- Select “End Membership” twice to cancel your membership
Keep in mind that if you cancel your Uber One membership within 48 hours before the next scheduled payment, you’ll be charged for the following billing period. Membership access will continue until the end of the billing period. If you’re on a free trial, access to membership benefits will stop right away.
When you add up all these numbers, you may be unpleasantly surprised at how much you’re spending for the convenience of Uber delivery services. If you’re a little disciplined, deleting your Uber Eats account can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars every year, depending on the extent of your Uber usage.
How To Your Delete DoorDash Account
DoorDash is another food delivery service platform that connects consumers to restaurants. If you’re looking to scale back on your spending and want to get rid of your DoorDash account, follow these steps:
- Visit the DoorDash website on your web browser and log in to your account
- Click the “Menu” button on the top left corner of the dashboard
- Click the “Account” icon
- Click the “Manage Your Account” icon
- Click “Delete”
- Wait for a verification code on your phone or inbox
- Enter the verification code
- Click “Continue”
- Click the “Delete Account” icon again to confirm
How To Cancel DoorDash Pass
You can cancel your DoorDash subscription either on the DoorDash website on your browser or on the app.
Cancelling Via Mobile App
- Open the DoorDash app on your mobile device
- Tap the “Account” icon at the top-left corner of the page
- Tap “Manage DashPass”
- Tap “End Subscription”
- Tap “End Subscription” again on the next page to confirm your account cancellation
Cancelling Via Desktop
- Visit the DoorDash website and log in to your account
- Click the “Account” icon at the top-left corner of the page
- Click “Manage DashPass”
- Click “End Subscription”
- Click “End Subscription” again on the next page to confirm your account cancellation
How Much You Can Save If You Cancel Your DoorDash Subscription?
There are several fees associated with your DoorDash subscription, which are meant to cover the costs of paying delivery people and operating the DoorDash platform. But these costs add up.
Here are some of the fees you’re paying as part of your subscription:
Service Fees
These fees start at $0.60 and can go up depending on the order subtotal.
Delivery Fees
These fees cover the cost of having your food delivered to you and are based on several factors, including the vendor, your location, and demand. Delivery fees vary quite a bit, usually from $1.99 to $5.99. However, with a DashPass membership, your delivery fees are included so you won’t have to pay extra for every delivery made.
Small Order Fees
If you’re ordering something small and inexpensive, like a drink, you may be charged a small order fee of $2.50 to make the order worth it for DoorDash.
Regulatory Response Fees
If your municipality has specific regulations that may increase operating costs for DoorDash, you may be charged a regulatory response fee to help the service remain profitable and operational. These fees vary based on location and can range from $0.10 to $3.40.
Tips
You can tip your delivery person by as much or as little as you like based on their performance.
By cancelling your DoorDash subscription, you could be saving quite a bit of money after adding up all these costs.
How To Cancel Your Instacart Subscription
You can cancel your Instacart subscription on a web browser or via the app. To cancel your membership, follow these steps:
- Log in to your account
- Navigate to the hamburger menu (3 horizontal lines) in the top left-hand corner of the page
- Choose “Instacart Membership”
- Choose “Cancel Membership” at the bottom right-hand corner of the page
- Choose “Continue”
- Choose the reason for cancelling
- Pick an end date for your subscription by choosing “End on [date]”
An email confirming your cancellation will be sent to you.
How Much You Can Save If You Cancel?
An Instacart subscription costs $9.99 per month or $99 per year, which covers unlimited free deliveries on orders of at least $35. By cancelling your subscription, you can free up this money to be used in other ways, including paying down debt, putting away for a rainy day, or investing to make your money grow.
How To Cancel HelloFresh
To cancel your HelloFresh subscription, follow these steps:
- Visit the HelloFresh website and log in to your account
- Click on your name at the top of the screen
- Choose “Account Settings”
- Navigate to the “Status” section and click “Cancel Plan”
HelloFresh will ask you to complete a survey, but this is an optional step you can skip. Once you cancel, you’ll receive a confirmation email.
Keep in mind that you must cancel your subscription on the website, as you cannot do so on the app.
How Much You Can Save If You Cancel?
The cost of a HelloFresh subscription varies a great deal since there are so many options to choose from to customize your package. Your subscription cost is based on the type of meals you want, the number of days per week you need delivery, and the number of servings. You’ll pay more if you choose the more expensive recipes and are feeding a large family, for instance.
That said, HelloFresh meals work out to be roughly $7.49 a person, though that price can go up to over $12. For instance, a “Mostly Meat” meal plan for four people served three times per week comes to $139.99, including shipping. But if you choose the “Quick and Easy” recipes for just 2 people, you’ll pay $82.99 per box.
Let’s say you’re spending $139.99 every week. That comes out to $7,279.48 per year, which you could pocket if you cancel your subscription and put toward buying groceries and preparing your meals on your own.
How To Cancel Chefs Plate
Another food subscription box that can eat into your budget is Chef’s Plate. If you want to cancel your Chefs Plate subscription, follow these steps:
- Visit the Chefs Plate website and log in to your account
- Open the menu in the top-right corner of the page
- Click “Settings”
- Click “Deactivate Your Plan”
- Click “Cancel Anyway”
- Enter the reason for cancelling your subscription and click on “Deactivate now”
Keep in mind that you must cancel before the deadline for your next delivery or you will be charged for it.
You can also contact a customer representative for help cancelling your account by emailing hello@chefsplate.com.
How Much You Can Save If You Cancel?
The cost for a Chefs Plate meal plan varies depending on a few factors, including the number of servings, frequency, and meal plan.
For example, according to Chef’s Plate, it’d cost you $70 for 3 recipes (2 servings each), plus shipping and taxes. That adds up to $1,680 (not including taxes and shipping) if you were to order it twice a month for a year.
This is money you can keep and put toward your grocery bill. Or, you can spend the money in other ways to improve your financial situation.
Final Thoughts
Depending on how many times you use delivery services every year, you could potentially save a substantial amount of money by cancelling your accounts. All that money can then be put to use in better ways. Including building a savings account, paying down high-interest debt, or investing.
