How to Remove Payment Method from Crunchyroll in 2024

Have you ever subscribed to Crunchyroll for a popular anime series and forgot the payment method? 

We have all been there. Fortunately, deleting your payment information from Crunchyroll is simple. 

This guide will teach you exactly how to do so in a few simple steps, protecting your account's security and avoiding surprise charges.

What is Crunchyroll?

Crunchyroll is a subscription streaming service owned by Sony that focuses on everything related to anime. Members can choose from three Premium plans or watch a limited amount of content for free.

Why Is It Important to Remove Your Credit Card from Crunchyroll?

While deleting your credit card from Crunchyroll is not required, there are a few strong reasons to consider it.

Avoids Random Charges

• Even if you turn off automatic renewal, having your card saved can result in accidental charges. 
• For example, if you forget that your free trial has ended or if there is a service disruption during renewal, your card can be charged automatically.

Reduces Security Risk

• Data breaches are frequently seen online. 
• Eliminating your credit card information limits the possible damage if Crunchyroll suffers a security breach.

Improvements for the Future

• If you no longer use Crunchyroll or have no plans to do so in the long run, deleting your card relieves you of any remaining concerns about unexpected costs.

How to Remove Payment Method from Your Crunchyroll Account

1. First of all, log in to your Crunchyroll account by clicking on this link  https://sso.crunchyroll.com/login. Add your login credentials and click on the login button.

2. After that, click on the Profile Icon on the top right side of the screen.

3. Once you click on that, a dropdown menu will open from where you must click on the My Account option.

4. Then on the next page, there is a settings option on the right side of the screen. 
5. Click on the Settings option, then from the dropdown menu.
6. Scroll to the bottom and click on the Payment Method option.

7. Then on the next page, you can see your credit card details and also the option of Delete under your credit card number, simply click on the delete button.

Congratulations! You have successfully removed your payment method from your Crunchyroll account.

Important Things to Consider Before Removing Payment Method from Crunchyroll

Here are some things to consider before deactivating your payment method from Crunchyroll:

Active Subscription

• Removing your payment method will not terminate your active subscription. 
• You will still have access until the end of your paid month, but your subscription will not be automatically renewed.

Future Watching

• If you plan to watch anime on Crunchyroll, you must add a new payment method to renew your subscription.

Switch to the Free Account

• Your account will be set to the free version without a payment method. 
• This means you will see advertisements and have limited access to specific material.

Alternative Payment

• Instead of completely removing one payment method, consider using another.
• Crunchyroll takes various payments, including credit, debit, and gift cards.

Is Crunchyroll Considered a Safe Platform?

The streaming platform provides both a premium ad-free subscription and a free version. The free edition is ad-supported. 

While Crunchyroll usually monitors these advertisements, they are still a potential concern. An ad could lead your child to a harmful website containing malware, viruses, or inappropriate content.

PurePrivacy protects your child from Crunchyroll ads in two ways:

1. It stops advertisers from following your child's browsing habits based on Crunchyroll ads.
2. It automatically deletes search history triggered by ads, preventing accidental information leaks.

Plus, it checks for leaked data that could be used for targeted ads and helps remove your child's information from companies that sell data for advertising.

Enhance Your Online Safety with PurePrivacy

PurePrivacy is a comprehensive privacy-centred application that allows you to manage your online privacy and data. 
It provides extensive features to protect your social media accounts and personal information.

What Does PurePrivacy Offer?

Add Social Media Accounts In-App

• This feature allows you to link your social network accounts (e.g., Facebook, Instagram) to PurePrivacy from within the app. 
• By providing PurePrivacy permission, you will receive specific recommendations for improving your social media privacy settings.

Remove My Data

• With your permission, PurePrivacy can make data removal requests to supported data brokers on your behalf. 
• You can track the status of these requests using the app and receive weekly reports.

Risk Scoring for Data Broker

• PurePrivacy evaluates the privacy policies of data brokers that possess your information and gives a "Risk Score." 
• This score helps you understand the potential hazards of having your data managed by these brokers.

Tracker Blocker

• The Tracker Blocker prevents advertising and third parties from tracking your online activity. 
• It works by setting up a local VPN on your device and preventing recognized trackers from communicating with their servers.

Trackers for Whitelists and Blacklists

• While the Tracker Blocker is enabled by default, you can choose to whitelist specific trackers that you believe are secure. 
• This gives you control over which trackers are blocked and which are allowed to track your activity.

Keeping Your Crunchyroll Account Secure and Streamlined

Removing your payment method from Crunchyroll is simple and provides security and financial benefits. 

To secure your account and avoid unwanted charges, follow the above steps. 

Remember that, deleting your payment method will not cancel your current subscription but will prevent it from automatically renewing.
PurePrivacy protects your online privacy, offers data breach protection, social media management, and more.