How hard is it to cancel Hetzner Cloud?

Hetzner documents that Cloud servers, snapshots, backups, volumes, networks, and floating IPs are canceled immediately by deleting them in the Hetzner Console, with billing pro-rated so the customer only pays for the period the product was held and data deleted immediately; closing the entire account requires emailing support and is subject to the 30-days-to-end-of-month rule.

How to cancel Hetzner Cloud

• Channels: online (self-serve), email
• Official cancellation page: https://docs.hetzner.com/general/cancellation/cancellation-cloud-console/
• Pause/freeze: not offered.
• Refund policy: https://docs.hetzner.com/general/cancellation/
• Account/data deletion: Deleting a Cloud product in the Hetzner Console immediately cancels its contract and immediately deletes the data, which cannot be recovered; the user account remains active and can be deleted separately via Hetzner Accounts. https://docs.hetzner.com/general/cancellation/cancellation-cloud-console/

Evidence

• Cancellation: Cloud - Hetzner Docs
• Cancellation - Hetzner Docs
• Last reviewed 2026-06-16 · scope: documented public policy.

Scope & fairness

This is the Documented-Policy tier: it measures how clearly the cancellation policy is published (cited, dated facts), not the behavioural experience of cancelling (Verified-Flow audit pending). Every company is scored on the same five dimensions with the same published weights, scores cannot be bought or removed. It is opinion grounded in disclosed facts, and not legal advice.

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Cite this. Cancel Atlas (2026). “Hetzner Cloud, Cancellation Friction Index (DE).” CES-1.1. https://www.cancelatlas.com/c/hetzner-cloud (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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