# Cancel a registration and refunds

> Cancel your place, request a refund for a paid ticket and understand what happens when a host cancels.

Source: https://help.gathereasy.rsvp/attending/cancel-and-refunds/

## Cancel your registration

1. Open the event page.
2. Under **No longer able to attend?**, choose **Cancel your registration**.
3. Read the summary and confirm.

Your ticket stops working as soon as you cancel. If the event has a waitlist, your place may go to the next person.

To withdraw a request that the host hasn't approved yet, choose **Cancel request**. To leave a waitlist, choose **Leave waitlist**.

## Refunds for paid tickets

When you cancel a paid ticket, you're asking the host for a refund. The host reviews every refund request and decides how much to return.

1. Choose **Cancel your registration**. The dialog shows what you paid and **The host's refund policy**, if the group has written one.
2. Choose **Cancel and request a refund**.
3. You're notified when the host decides.

The host can:

- **refund you in full**,
- **refund part** of what you paid, or
- **decline** the refund. Declining is final.

Your place is given up when you cancel, whatever the host decides about the refund.

:::note
Stripe keeps its payment processing fee when a payment is refunded. Depending on the host's policy, that fee may not be returned to you.
:::

### When the refund arrives

Refunds go back to the payment method you used. Most refunds show up within 5–10 business days, depending on your bank. Sometimes a refund waits:

- "Your refund is waiting for the original payment to clear." The original payment hasn't settled yet. It completes on its own once it does.
- "Your refund is waiting for the host to provide funds." The host needs to add money to their payout account. Contact the host for an update.

## If the host cancels the event

You're notified straight away. Paid tickets are **refunded in full** when a host cancels an event or removes you from the guest list. Occasionally the refund waits for funds, as described above.

## Changing your answers or ticket

You can't change the ticket type or price of an existing registration, and you can't transfer a ticket to someone else. Cancel your registration and let the other person register themselves.