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How do I cancel my reservation?

Unreserve a gift from the wish itself or from Wishes → For others. Everyone else then sees it as free again, ready for someone to reserve.

Open the wish on Wishpicks and tap Cancel reservation, or go to Wishes → For others, tap ⋮ next to the gift and choose Cancel reservation.

Steps

From the wish, on a phone or a computer:

  1. Open the list and tap the gift; it shows Reserved by you.

  2. Tap Cancel reservation under "You reserved this".

  3. Tap Cancel reservation again in the window that asks you to confirm.

From Wishes → For others:

  1. Open Wishes → For others ("Where can I see the gifts I've reserved?" shows where it is) and find the gift.

  2. Tap ⋮ next to it and choose Cancel reservation.

  3. Confirm with Cancel reservation.

The window warns: "Once the reservation is cancelled, other people will see [wish] as available again." Afterwards you'll see "You cancelled your reservation for [wish]", and the gift drops out of your For others.

The card has a shortcut too: on a computer, hover over it and click Cancel reservation; on a phone, it's the first option in the card's ⋯ menu.

I reserved the wrong thing. Can I undo it?

Yes. If the Reserved window is still open, tap Cancel reservation there and it's undone straight away, with no confirm step. Closed it already? Cancel it with the steps above.

Changed your mind again? Reserve it again, as long as nobody else has taken it in the meantime. A note you left goes with the cancelled reservation, so write a new one if you want.

Cancelling doesn't undo a purchase. If you've already bought the gift, any return goes through the shop: see "Does Wishpicks deliver the gift?".

Why can't I cancel my reservation?

Either the owner has marked the wish as received, or you reserved without an account in another browser or on another device.

If the wish says "[name] already has this." and has no cancel button, cancel from Wishes → For others instead.

If you reserved in another browser, "Where can I see the gifts I've reserved?" explains what to do.

Tips

  • Won't be buying it after all? Cancel as soon as you know, so someone else has time to reserve it.

  • Already bought it? Keep the reservation: "Can I buy a gift on Wishpicks?" explains why.

  • Switching to another wish on the same list? Reserve the new one before you cancel the old one, so nobody takes it in between.

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