Will users with active subscriptions continue to be charged if I set the subscription's availability to "none"?

Hi everyone,

I’m a developer of an app that offers several subscription plans. I’m planning to set the availability of one of the subscriptions to "none" in App Store Connect, effectively removing it from sale so that new users can no longer subscribe to it.

However, I’m not sure what happens to existing users who are already subscribed to this plan. If I set the subscription’s availability to none, will those users still be charged for renewals once their current subscription period ends? Or will setting availability to none also prevent their subscription from being renewed?

My goal is to remove the plan from sale but also ensure that users are charged again in the future for that specific plan.

Has anyone done this before or has clear documentation from Apple confirming what happens in this case?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Best regards,

I’ve searched the forums and found contradictory messages on this topic. I believe this is such an important issue that it should be clearly documented by Apple — maybe it is, but I haven’t been able to find it.

https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/694191 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/739491

I truly appreciate your response, but that page doesn’t answer my question.

Will users with active subscriptions continue to be charged if I set the subscription's availability to "none"?
 
 
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