Canva Subscription Cancellation Flow Obscures Confirmation and Support Contact
A user spent fifty minutes attempting to cancel a Canva subscription, encountering circular instructions that did not match the actual app interface and no clear final confirmation that cancellation succeeded, with support contact information difficult to locate. This reflects a cancellation experience that functions as a retention obstacle rather than a straightforward account action.
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