How to Remove a Gift Card from Amazon

Last Updated: August 11, 2020

This wikiHow will teach you how to remove a gift card from your Amazon account using a web browser. If you have a gift card with a claim code, these are specific to Amazon and cannot be removed from your account, but can be excluded from individual orders. If you have a gift card offered by Visa, MasterCard, AmericanExpress, etc, you can remove this from your payment methods in account settings.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Removing Your Gift Card from Payment Methods

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Go to https://amazon.com. You can use any desktop or mobile web browser to remove your gift card from your account's payment methods.
- You can only remove your gift card if it is offered by MasterCard, Visa, AmericanExpress, etc.
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Log in. You'll see the link to log in at the top right corner of the web browser.

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3
Hover your cursor over Hello, YOURNAME. You'll see this in the top right corner of your web browser.
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Click Your Account. You'll see this on the right side of the menu under the header "Your Account."
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Click Payment options. You'll see this in the box on the left side of the page under the heading, "Ordering and shopping preferences."
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Click the arrow
next to the card you want to delete. More options should drop-down under the selected card.
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Click Remove. You should see this next to the "Edit" button.
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Click Confirm remove to confirm your action. The card will be removed from your account, but any pending payments to that card will not be canceled.
- A window will pop-up confirming that your card has been removed.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Excluding Your Gift Card from a Purchase

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Go to https://amazon.com and log in. You can use any desktop or mobile web browser to exclude your gift card balance from a purchase.
- If you use the mobile app, the steps are similar, but the wording may vary.
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Add items to your cart. You'll need to add items to your cart instead of using 1-Click ordering.
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Navigate to checkout. After you've added items to your Amazon cart, you'll be able to save your Amazon gift card balance and exclude it from applying to the current purchase.
- If you complete your purchase with 1-Click ordering, the balance will automatically deduct from your Amazon gift card balance.
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Click to uncheck the box next to "Use your gift and promotional balance." You should see this under the purchase total.
- If you don't see it here, click Change under "Payment Method" heading and you'll be able to disable the gift card from applying to this order.^{[1]
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