How to cancel LA Fitness

They want a letter, posted, and the postmark is what counts rather than the day it lands.

The catch

Minimum term
Written notice

Everything here turns on the postmark, not the arrival. LA Fitness wants the notice postmarked at least five business days before your next billing date, so a letter posted on time but delivered slowly still counts as on time. That is the opposite of how most gyms work, and it is the detail worth getting right. Send it certified, keep the receipt, and photograph the envelope. The receipt is the only proof you will have if they bill you again and you need it reversed.

Cancel LA Fitness step by step

Open the cancellation form on the LA Fitness site and complete it
Post the written notice to LA Fitness, P.O. Box 54170, Irvine, CA 92619
Use registered or certified mail and keep a copy for your records
Post it at least 5 business days before your next billing date
If it is postmarked later you may be billed once more, which LA Fitness refunds

Open the LA Fitness cancellation page Their help page

After you cancel LA Fitness

Your membership stays usable until the end of the period you already paid for. Nothing is refunded for the remainder, and the annual maintenance fee is charged on its own schedule rather than with your monthly dues, so a cancellation that lands just before it can still be followed by that charge.

If your notice is postmarked late you will be billed one more time. LA Fitness generally refunds that charge, but it is a refund you have to ask for, with the certified mail receipt as your evidence. Nobody will spot it and reverse it for you.

The trap that costs people the most: personal training agreements are a separate contract. Cancelling your gym membership does not cancel personal training, and those sessions typically carry their own term and their own notice requirement. If you have one, cancel it separately and confirm both in writing. People discover this when the training charge keeps arriving months after the gym one stopped.

How much notice they want

Postmark at least 5 business days before your next billing date

Cancelling on the day the charge lands is already too late here. Work backwards from your renewal date.

Every subscription that wants notice

Worth knowing

Month to month members can often also cancel in person at a club, through the online account, or by email, depending on the state you signed up in. The site refused automated connections, so the form URL needs a manual check.

Questions people ask about cancelling LA Fitness

Can I cancel my LA Fitness membership online?

Sometimes, depending on the state you signed up in and your membership type. Month to month members can often cancel through the online account, in person at a club, or by email. The posted letter is the route that works everywhere, which is why it is the one written above.

What happens if my cancellation letter arrives late?

What matters is the postmark, not the arrival. If the postmark itself is late you will be billed once more, and LA Fitness will usually refund that charge when you ask and show the certified mail receipt. You have to chase it yourself.

Does cancelling my membership cancel personal training?

No, and this is the expensive one. Personal training is a separate agreement with its own term and its own notice period. Cancel it separately and get written confirmation of both, or the training charges keep arriving after the membership ones stop.

Will I get a refund for the rest of the month?

No. You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for and nothing is refunded for the unused part. The annual maintenance fee runs on its own schedule, so check when that falls before you assume you are finished paying.

Written and checked by a person, 1 September 2026.

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