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What happens when you cancel
Subscriptions vs perpetual licences, and what survives cancellation.
Subscription libraries often let finished work keep its licence but stop new use when you cancel.
What happens to my work if I cancel or stop paying?
Fonts
| Source | Verdict | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Creative Market | Allowed | The licence is perpetual, not a subscription.“Licensor grants to Licensee a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to install the Fonts” creativemarket.com |
| Fontshare | Allowed | Free, no time limit (the licence is terminable for breach).“for personal or commercial purposes, free of charge and for an unlimited period of time, subject to the terms of this License.” fontshare.com |
| Google Fonts | Allowed | Free and open source; there is no subscription to cancel.“No, all Google Fonts are open source and are without cost.” developers.google.com |
| Adobe Fonts | Conditional | Files with embedded, rasterised or outlined type keep working after you cancel.“Any file that embeds the font data, such as PDF or image formats, and any text that has been rasterized or outlined will continue to display correctly.” helpx.adobe.com |
| Envato Elements | Conditional | Finished work keeps its licence; you must uninstall fonts and can't start new projects.“If you've installed an Item (such as a Font or Add-on) on your device, you must uninstall the Item once your subscription ends.” help.elements.envato.com |
| MyFonts (Monotype) | Conditional | Most webfont licences are annual; Desktop terms depend on the product.“Most foundries on MyFonts offer their webfonts with the Annual license model.” myfonts.com |
| Font Squirrel | Unclear | Free fonts; no subscription — but licence terms vary per font. |
| Fontspring | Needs manual check | Licence page blocked automated fetching; needs manual verification. |
Stock & content
| Source | Verdict | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Stock | Allowed | Licences are perpetual.“An Adobe Stock perpetual, worldwide license” stock.adobe.com |
| Canva | Unclear | Canva reserves the right to change or cancel licences; post-cancellation rights aren't spelled out on this page.“Canva reserves the right to cancel or change the licenses granted by this agreement.” canva.com |
| Pexels | Unclear | Free library; no subscription. |
| Shutterstock | Needs manual check | Licence page blocked automated fetching; needs manual verification. |
| Unsplash | Needs manual check | Licence page blocked automated fetching; needs manual verification. |
AI image tools
| Source | Verdict | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo.Ai | Allowed | Private paid-plan generations stay yours after switching to free.“When you generated content privately as a paid subscriber, Leonardo.Ai assigned to you all rights, titles, and interests in the outputs generated and returned by the services based on your input.” intercom.help |
| Midjourney | Allowed | Ownership persists after you downgrade or cancel.“Your ownership of the Assets you created persists even if in subsequent months You downgrade or cancel Your membership.” docs.midjourney.com |
| Adobe Firefly | Unclear | Not addressed on the pages we checked. |
| ChatGPT / DALL·E (OpenAI) | Unclear | Not addressed on the pages we checked. |
| Ideogram | Unclear | Not addressed on the pages we checked. |