How to Remove a Gift Card from Amazon

Co-authored by Darlene Antonelli, MA Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: July 19, 2024

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.

Removing an Amazon Gift Card

Log into your Amazon account.
Hover your cursor over “Hello, [your name],” located in the top right corner.
Click “Your Account” from the drop down menu.
Click “Payment Options.”
Click the arrow next to the gift card you want to delete.
Click “Remove,” then “Confirm Remove.”

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.
You'll see the link to log in at the top right corner of the web browser.

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You'll see this in the top right corner of your web browser.
You'll see this on the right side of the menu under the header "Your Account."
You'll see this in the box on the left side of the page under the heading, "Ordering and shopping preferences."
More options should drop-down under the selected card.
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

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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.
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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