Petition · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mandate a "One-Click to Cancel" button for all online subscriptions
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86 signatures
What the petition asks
We want the Government to use the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 to require companies to provide a prominent, one-click cancellation button for any subscription purchased online.
Currently, many companies make it easy to sign up but force customers through "dark patterns"—multiple pages of warnings, phone calls, or hidden menus—to cancel. While the 2024 Act requires "straightforward" cancellation, we believe it is too vague. We want the law to state that cancelling must be as easy as signing up: if it took one click to join, it must take no more than one click to leave.
Timeline
| 16 Feb 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
86
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Opened
16 Feb 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.