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OpenAI charged user for deleted ChatGPT Pro account

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

A user who deleted their ChatGPT Pro account in September 2026 was unexpectedly charged for a subscription mandate on November 6th. The user had previously received a free year of ChatGPT Pro on November 5, 2025. When attempting to resolve the issue through OpenAI's customer support bot, the recommended solution of recreating the account with the original email did not work, as the billing history was inaccessible on the new account. The user is seeking a way to contact a human at OpenAI to obtain a refund for the charge on the non-existent account. AI

IMPACT Potential friction point for users managing subscriptions and account deletions.

RANK_REASON User complaint about a product/billing issue.

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OpenAI charged user for deleted ChatGPT Pro account

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/miserable_life06 ·

    Charged for subscription mandate AFTER deleting my account (Support bot couldn't help)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Last year on Nov 5, 2025, I got a free one-year subscription to ChatGPT Pro. Back in September 2026, I decided to delete that account. Since the 30-day window prevented me from reusing the email right away, I set up a secondary account using my p…

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