How to unsubscribe from Chegg emails

A Chegg unsubscribe takes under a minute via the Email subscriptions page inside your account. Chegg sends several categories of email: promotional offers, study-tips newsletters, scholarship and grant updates, partner promotions (often Chegg Math Solver or Chegg Writing), and win-back campaigns aimed at lapsed customers. Below covers the account method, the in-email link, and how to fully stop renewal reminders if you no longer want the subscription.

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Method 1: Chegg account email preferences

1. Sign in at chegg.com.
2. Open your account dropdown (top-right avatar) and choose My Account.
3. In the sidebar, click Email subscriptions (sometimes labelled Communication preferences).
4. Untick every category: Promotional emails, Educational newsletter, Scholarship updates, Partner offers, Win-back.
5. Save.

The toggles do not affect transactional mail like password resets and billing receipts - those continue as long as your account exists.

Method 2: footer Unsubscribe link

Every Chegg email has a one-click Unsubscribe link at the bottom. It works without a login but only stops the single category that delivered the email. Useful if you do not have access to the account anymore.

Gmail and Apple Mail expose Chegg's List-Unsubscribe header as the native one-click button at the top of the message - the fastest option.

Method 3: cancel the subscription itself

If you no longer use Chegg, cancelling the subscription stops billing-related emails (renewal reminders, receipts) over time. Marketing emails continue separately and need the email opt-out:

1. Sign in at chegg.com.
2. Open My Account → My Subscriptions.
3. Click Cancel next to Chegg Study, Chegg Books, or Chegg Writing as applicable.
4. Confirm. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Method 4: bulk-unsubscribe across all student services

Chegg, Course Hero, Quizlet, Scholarship.com, and similar student-focused services all email aggressively, especially at the start and end of academic terms. ClearMyInbox finds every sender in your inbox and lets you opt out of as many as you want in one batch.

Why Chegg win-back emails are persistent

Education companies have highly cyclical demand - students pause and resume subscriptions between semesters. Chegg's marketing automation runs winback sequences for 6-12 months after cancellation, often escalating discount offers. The only way to silence them entirely is the marketing opt-out, since they will keep targeting your address as long as you remain on the marketing list.