How do I pause or cancel
Google Local Services Ads?
Local Services Ads bill per valid lead through Google Ads, with no contract to end. Pausing the ad stops new leads and charges; cancelling the Google Ads account stops everything. Huck finds the charges in Gmail and tells you what each month cost.
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To pause Google Local Services Ads, sign in to Local Services Ads, open the menu, click Profile & Budget, click the blue text next to Ad schedule and set the ad to paused, then save. Google charges per valid lead, so a paused ad stops new leads and new charges; a free version of your listing may still show. To stop for good, there is no separate Local Services cancel button: billing runs through Google Ads, and cancelling the Google Ads account (Admin, Account settings, Account status, Cancel my account) stops all ads within 24 hours. You still pay costs already built up, and Google refunds any unused prepaid balance automatically, typically in 4 to 12 weeks.
Google sources checked November 4, 2026 · Local Services Ads Help and Google Ads Help, pausing, budget, lead charges and account cancellation
Pause the ad in Profile & Budget.
Google’s Local Services Help says you can set your ad to “paused” to stop it from displaying, regardless of your schedule, and switch it back on to resume. Google also says to pause or edit Local Services campaigns in the Local Services Ads inbox rather than the main Google Ads interface.
- Sign in to Local Services Ads. Use the Google account that runs the ads.
- Click the menu at the top, then Profile & Budget. This is where the ad schedule and budget live.
- Click the blue text next to “Ad schedule”. It shows the current schedule type; the default is “All day”.
- Set the ad to paused and click Save. The ad stops showing until you switch it back on.
- Check the Billing menu in your leads inbox. It shows what each lead was charged.
Local Services Ads billing facts at a glance.
Every row comes from Google’s Local Services Help and Google Ads Help, read November 4, 2026.
| What to know | What Google says |
|---|---|
| What you pay for | Each valid lead: a call you answer, a missed call during business hours where the caller stays on more than 20 seconds, a message, voicemail or booking request. |
| Spending cap | Your average weekly budget; you never spend more than the monthly max in a month. |
| Pause | Set the ad to paused under Ad schedule in Profile & Budget; a free version of your listing may still show. |
| Where billing lives | Google Ads; a suspension of the Google Ads account also suspends Local Services Ads. |
| Lead credits | Charged leads are reassessed over 30 days and low-quality, duplicate or invalid ones are credited automatically (not for health care, tax specialists or advertisers in Europe). |
| Cancel everything | Cancel the Google Ads account: ads stop within 24 hours and you still pay accrued costs. |
| Unused balance | Refunded automatically to the original payment method, typically in 4 to 12 weeks, promotional amounts excluded. |
Stop for good: cancel the Google Ads account.
Local Services Ads have no contract term or cancellation fee in Google’s help pages, and billing is managed by Google Ads. To stop every charge, an admin cancels the Google Ads account: go to Account settings in the Admin menu, open Account status and select Cancel my account.
Google says all ads stop within 24 hours, you still pay any costs already accrued, and unused prepaid funds are refunded automatically to the original payment method, typically in 4 to 12 weeks. You can still sign in to see your data, and you can reactivate later.
Google Ads Help: Canceling your Google Ads account ↗Or keep running and spend less.
You set an average weekly budget, and Google says you never spend more than the monthly max, which is that weekly budget times the average number of weeks in a month. Once you reach it, the ad stops for the rest of the month unless you raise the budget.
If the problem is the wrong leads, Google suggests narrowing service areas, categories and job types in campaign settings, and it reassesses charged leads for 30 days and credits low-quality, duplicate or invalid ones automatically. You can track each lead’s status as Charged, Not charged, In review or Credited.
Local Services Help: How leads work ↗Paused ads stop the calls, not only the bill.
While the ad is paused, customers searching for your service stop seeing it, so the calls and messages it brought stop too; Google says only a free version of your listing may still show.
Cancelling the Google Ads account stops every campaign on it, not just Local Services Ads, so check what else runs there first. Reviews and your Google Business Profile are separate and stay in place.
Local Services Help: About ad scheduling ↗Huck tells you what the leads cost before the next month starts.
Huck finds Google Ads receipts and invoices in your Gmail and texts you what Local Services Ads cost last month, so you can decide whether to pause, cut the budget or keep going.
You make the change in Local Services Ads or Google Ads with your own sign-in; Huck doesn’t change your ads. With your yes, Huck emails Google’s billing support from your inbox about a charge you think is wrong and checks the next invoice. Google decides any credit; Huck does not promise one.
We find the money.
We do the chasing.
Huck finds the money slipping out of your business, shows you what each charge is worth, and does the chasing when you say so. Cancellations, refund requests and vendor negotiations follow through to a result you can check.
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See how Huck handles bills and renewals ↗We find the charge.
Huck finds renewals, price increases, duplicate payments and refunds owed in your Gmail, with a dollar figure on each finding.
You decide.
Review the proposed change. Cancellations, downgrades and refund requests need your yes each time.
We do the chasing.
Huck cancels, requests the refund or works the vendor’s chat, then follows up until the request is settled. Huck checks your bill for the lower charge, credit or refund and texts you the result.
A few things
before you act.
How do I turn off Google Local Services Ads?
In Local Services Ads, open the menu, click Profile & Budget, click the blue text next to Ad schedule, set the ad to paused and save.
How do I cancel Google Local Services Ads?
There is no separate cancel button. Pause the ad to stop new charges, or cancel the Google Ads account that bills it to stop every ad within 24 hours.
Do I still pay when Local Services Ads are paused?
No new leads come in while the ad is paused, and you pay per valid lead. Leads already charged stay on the bill unless Google credits them.
How do I delete my Google Local Services Ads account?
Cancel the Google Ads account: Admin, Account settings, Account status, Cancel my account. You can still sign in to see data and can reactivate later.
Is there a contract or cancellation fee?
Google’s help pages describe paying per valid lead against a weekly budget, with no contract term or cancellation fee.
Can I get money back for bad leads?
Google reassesses charged leads for 30 days and credits low-quality, duplicate or invalid ones automatically, except for health care, tax specialists and advertisers in Europe.
Go to the source.
- Local Services Help: About ad scheduling ↗
Paused setting, Profile & Budget steps, free listing while paused. Read November 4, 2026. - Local Services Help: How leads work ↗
Pay per valid lead, weekly budget and monthly max, Billing menu, billing managed by Google Ads, pause in the Local Services Ads inbox, 30-day automatic credits. Read November 4, 2026. - Google Ads Help: Canceling your Google Ads account ↗
Steps, ads stop within 24 hours, accrued costs, unused balance refunded in 4 to 12 weeks, data still viewable. Read November 4, 2026.
Google’s own Local Services Help and Google Ads Help pages, checked November 4, 2026. Huck is independent of Google; you approve each money action.
