How do I cancel a field service account without losing payments or texts?
Short answerCanceling a field service account can stop payment links, text reminders, call forwarding, your business phone number and calendar syncs. Before canceling, move or port the number, switch payment links and autopay to the new system, and turn off connections you no longer need.
The explanation
Payments are the first dependency. Customers may have saved cards, autopay agreements or old invoice links that point to the old system. Decide whether to move them or tell customers to pay another way, and keep the old system open until open invoices are paid.
Texting and phone come next. If the tool owns your business number, you must port it to a new provider before canceling or you lose it, along with the conversation history. Text consent records, such as who opted out, should be exported so you do not message someone who said stop.
Last, check the quiet connections: calendar sync, accounting sync, website forms, zaps and webhooks. A form that posts to a closed account silently drops leads. Test a dummy request on the new setup before closing the old one.
What to watch for
- Losing a phone number you never ported.
- Texting customers who opted out.
- Website forms pointing at a closed account.
How Apex does it
Rolling out
The screen and the rules are built and tested. Saving real customer data is not connected yet. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex is designed to honor opt-out and quiet hours, support number porting and local numbers, and store a card on file for autopay. Opt-out handling is built, and porting and autopay are rolling out.
- CM09Opt-out / STOP and quiet hours(Built, rolling out)
- AI12Number porting / local numbers(Rolling out)
- IN07Card on file / autopay(Rolling out)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
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