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Yes, through the USPS move manager where you filed it, using the confirmation code from your welcome email or letter. Changes take several days to work through the system, so cancel early if your plans changed. If forwarding has already started, canceling stops future forwards, but mail already moving through the system still gets rerouted. Either way, tell your important senders your correct address directly.
One honest caveat: LetterAgent can't file or cancel a change of address for you. USPS ties the form to identity verification, so it has to be you. What LetterAgent can mail is your own change-of-address notices to people and businesses.
| Situation | What to do |
|---|---|
| Move date hasn't arrived yet | Edit or cancel in the move manager with your confirmation code; the cancel is clean |
| Forwarding just started | Cancel now, and allow several days for the stop to take effect |
| Forwarding has run for months | Cancel, then update senders directly; mail already forwarded won't come back |
| You lost the confirmation code | Request it through the USPS move page using the details from your filing |
Find the welcome email or letter USPS sent when you filed; it carries a confirmation code. Enter that code in the USPS move manager to pull up your order, then choose cancel. If your start date is still in the future, the cancel is clean: forwarding never begins, and the old address keeps receiving mail normally. Do it as soon as your plans change rather than the week of the move, because the change needs processing time on USPS's side. You can also edit the order instead of canceling, if what changed is the date or the new address rather than the move itself.
Several days, not minutes. The stop has to propagate through the processing plants that handle your mail, and anything already in the system keeps moving to the forwarding address. A letter mailed the day before you cancel will still be forwarded. This lag is also why editing the order before the start date is smoother than canceling after forwarding begins: an edit updates one record, while a cancellation has to chase mail that's already in motion. Plan around the lag rather than fighting it.
Cancel anyway. It stops future forwards, which is the part you can still control. Then do the work the forwarding was covering for you: tell your bank, your employer, your subscriptions, and anyone else who matters what your correct address is, directly. Remember that forwarding was always temporary, about a year for First-Class mail, and canceling just ends it early. USPS does not refund the filing fee when you cancel, and mail that was already forwarded to the wrong address won't bounce back to you. The sooner you cancel and notify senders yourself, the smaller the gap.
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