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# Manage customer billing and payment methods

> Customers can view, update, and manage the payment methods saved to their account, pause a subscription if you allow it, and understand which subscriptions and payment plans are charged to each card.

Everything on the Billing tab sits under **Manage card payments**. Each saved card is listed with the subscriptions and payment plans it bills, along with the next payment amount and date for each. **Edit** and **Remove** act on the card itself. Actions for a single subscription, including changing its card, pausing it, and cancelling it, sit in the **(⋯)** menu on that subscription's row.

## Access billing settings

To manage their payment methods, customers must first log in to their account on your site. Billing settings can be found at: `<yoursite.mykajabi.com>/settings/cards>`

1. The customer logs in to your site.
2. Click the **User menu** in the top-right corner.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Click **Billing**.

<Note>
  **Note:** The **Billing** tab may not appear if the customer was granted the Offer, purchased the Offer using PayPal, or if the active subscription was processed through a payment processor that has since been detached (such as a disconnected Stripe or PayPal account).

  * Subscriptions purchased through **PayPal** must be managed within the customer's PayPal account.
  * If a payment processor is detached, card management must be handled through the payment processor directly.
</Note>

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kajabi-support/2rWeSU56xHYQYbo0/articles/images/c2f77052_202e6b97-9f61-4cac-ad15-a27713103b70.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2rWeSU56xHYQYbo0&q=85&s=1b06694781de613d647a2911f179821a" alt="Billing settings" width="1083" height="911" data-path="articles/images/c2f77052_202e6b97-9f61-4cac-ad15-a27713103b70.png" />

## Update the card on file

Customers can manage how their subscriptions are billed using the options available within **Manage Card Payments**. Depending on their goal, they may update card details, switch which card is used for a subscription or payment plan, or remove a card that is no longer needed.

### Edit card

The **Edit** option replaces the selected card with updated card details. This means the existing card on file is overwritten rather than creating a saved card.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kajabi-support/dLYRECbAGEm-mvIM/articles/images/2aee5ba4_6a05ba9d-e75c-4204-b88d-587cdec2810c.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=dLYRECbAGEm-mvIM&q=85&s=036eeecdf24cdd6d9fe8147de7c05aca" alt="Edit card option" width="1055" height="387" data-path="articles/images/2aee5ba4_6a05ba9d-e75c-4204-b88d-587cdec2810c.png" />

<Note>
  **Note:** Billing settings are only accessible through a web browser. They are not available in the Branded Mobile App or the Kajabi Mobile App. Members who need to manage their subscriptions — including cancelling, updating their payment method, or pausing — must log in to your site through a web browser.
</Note>

To edit a card:

1. Go to **Billing**.
2. In **Manage Card Payments**, locate the card tied to the subscription(s).
3. Click **Edit**.
4. Enter the updated card information.
5. Click **Update Card** to save the changes.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kajabi-support/0-YPsbfqtWW6JQNQ/articles/images/f8cfcb28_b0cf7124-d3cb-4c57-9599-aadd36d55fba.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=0-YPsbfqtWW6JQNQ&q=85&s=10747bee34fd2c3a2426a1e526b959bf" alt="Update card form" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"62%" }} width="476" height="437" data-path="articles/images/f8cfcb28_b0cf7124-d3cb-4c57-9599-aadd36d55fba.png" />

When a card is edited, all subscriptions and payment plans currently using that card will continue to charge the updated card details.

## Change payment method

The **Change payment method** option allows customers to switch which saved card is used for a specific subscription or payment plan.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kajabi-support/So_4WToHMfn76-m1/articles/images/6b7871e0_8ff5cf7b-e1a4-415b-ac4c-c638ea077fa3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=So_4WToHMfn76-m1&q=85&s=4e6b89a8b68e5d5bf2318b1eb220f85b" alt="Change payment method" width="1054" height="385" data-path="articles/images/6b7871e0_8ff5cf7b-e1a4-415b-ac4c-c638ea077fa3.png" />

To change the payment method for a subscription:

1. Go to **Billing**.
2. Locate the subscription under its current card.
3. Click the **(⋯)** menu next to the subscription.
4. Select **Change payment method**.
5. Choose another saved card, or add a card.
6. Confirm the change.

All future payments for that subscription will be billed to the newly selected card.

<Note>
  **Note:** Saved cards from **Stripe** and **Kajabi Payments** are not interchangeable. Customers can only select cards that belong to the same payment processor as the subscription.
</Note>

## Remove card

The **Remove** option allows customers to delete a saved card from their account.

A card can only be removed if **no active recurring payments** are tied to it. If a card is currently being used for an active subscription or payment plan, it cannot be removed. If the **Remove** option is unavailable, it means the card has active recurring payments and must first be replaced with another payment method.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kajabi-support/CM-okGX-0K4XYDbT/articles/images/596ea25f_a3c476df-1ee1-4a06-be6d-31e671ef61ca.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=CM-okGX-0K4XYDbT&q=85&s=5a192e8fb0b5845a8fe1d268073a424d" alt="Remove card option" width="761" height="241" data-path="articles/images/596ea25f_a3c476df-1ee1-4a06-be6d-31e671ef61ca.png" />

To remove a card:

1. Go to **Billing**.
2. In **Manage Card Payments**, locate the card you want to remove.
3. Click **Remove**.
4. Confirm the removal.

## Pause a subscription

If you've enabled the customer self-pause setting, customers can pause a subscription from their Billing tab. Pausing stops billing temporarily and keeps the subscription in place, rather than ending it.

<Note>
  **Note:** Self-pause only works for subscriptions billed through **Kajabi Payments** or **Stripe**. It does not apply to **PayPal** subscriptions, and — importantly — pausing a Stripe-billed subscription only stops *future* charges. It does not stop Stripe from continuing to retry any invoice that was already past due *before* the pause started. To stop those retries, the site owner must turn off automatic collection on the specific invoice directly in the Stripe Dashboard (**Invoices** > open the past-due invoice > **...** > **Turn off automatic collection**). Kajabi's own "turn off automatic retries" option only affects Kajabi Payments transactions.
</Note>

<Note>
  **Note:** Customer self-pause is rolling out gradually and is off unless you turn it on. If **Pause subscription** doesn't appear for your customers, check that the setting is enabled in **Settings > Customer Payments**. See [Let customers pause their own subscriptions](/articles/contacts/manage-your-contacts/let-customers-pause-their-own-subscriptions).
</Note>

For your customers to pause a subscription:

1. From their Library, click on their user icon in the top right corne.
2. Select **Settings**.
3. Go to **Billing**.
4. Locate the subscription.
5. Click the **(⋯)** menu next to the subscription.
6. Select **Pause subscription**.
7. Choose how long to pause for, if a length is offered.
8. Confirm the pause.

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Whether step 5 appears depends on the maximum pause duration you set up. If you set one, customers choose a length from a dropdown, counted in the subscription's billing intervals: months for a monthly subscription, weeks for a weekly one. If you didn't set a maximum, the pause is open-ended and the customer resumes it when they're ready.

### What customers see after pausing

When a customer initiates a pause, it does not begin right away. Because the customer has already paid for the billing period they're in, they keep access until it ends.

1. The subscription shows **Pausing on** followed by the date the pause begins. The customer keeps full access until then, and the payment that would have come due is skipped.<br />
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2. On that date the pause begins. The subscription shows **Paused**, along with the resume date if the pause has one, and access ends.

### Stop a pause before it starts

While the subscription still shows **Pausing on** followed by a date, customers can cancel the pending pause from the **(⋯)** menu. The subscription returns to active, billing continues on its normal schedule, and the customer is not charged at that moment.

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### Resume a paused subscription

A pause with a resume date restarts on its own, and billing continues on the customer's original schedule. An open-ended pause stays paused until the customer chooses **Resume subscription** from the **(⋯)** menu.

Customers can also resume early, before a scheduled pause has ended. Resuming early charges the customer immediately, restores access right away, and moves their billing date to the day they resumed.

### If the pause option isn't available

Customers won't see **Pause subscription** if you haven't enabled customer self-pause, if the subscription is a payment plan rather than a subscription, or if you have limited how many times a customer can pause in a year and they've reached that limit.

### **Can I update a client’s card for them?**

\*\*As an admin, you cannot update a client’s card from your own dashboard.\*\*The card editing flow described in this article (Edit, Remove, Change payment method) is only available inside the **customer’s own account**— they must be logged in to their account on your site to access it.

## Cancel a subscription

Customers can also cancel a subscription from the **(⋯)** menu next to their active subscription in the Billing tab, if you allow self-cancellation. Depending on your settings, they may be offered a pause or a discount before the cancellation completes. See [Enable and disable subscription self-cancellations](/articles/contacts/manage-your-contacts/enable-and-disable-customer-subscription-self-cancelations).

## Related articles

* [Let customers pause their own subscriptions](/articles/contacts/manage-your-contacts/let-customers-pause-their-own-subscriptions)
* [Enable and disable subscription self-cancellations](/articles/contacts/manage-your-contacts/enable-and-disable-customer-subscription-self-cancelations)
* [Offer a discount when a customer tries to cancel](/articles/contacts/manage-your-contacts/offer-a-discount-when-a-customer-tries-to-cancel)
