User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hi, I have a $28.44 DoorDash transaction pending on my Apple Card. My order was canceled today, and I was told I would receive a refund. This was the only money I had available for food. Can you tell me when the pending transaction will be released and my available credit restored?
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Original Title: pending payment
Posted on Oct 18, 2026 4:23 PM
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Oct 18, 2026 4:49 PM in response to eduin96
The merchant, Door Dash, controls pending payments. The merchant will generally release the pending payment within 5 days. In the vast majority of cases, the funds are released within 24 to 48 hours. The bank, Goldman Sachs, or Apple cannot interfere with the merchant’s business practices. Sorry.
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Oct 19, 2026 10:55 AM in response to eduin96
eduin96 wrote:
It's just that I contacted the app support and they told me that since the order was canceled immediately, there was no payment in that sense.
Sure there is no payment that was actually made since the charge shows Pending, but it will remain in that state until the vendor, Door Dash, finalizes their transitions. This usually happens at the end of each day, where you see it reflected on your account the next day or sometimes the following day.
The same is true for any Credit Card purchase at a Restaurant where you are given a receipt to add a tip. The Pending amount is the initial charge for the meal and will remain that way until they have gone through their receipts and added any tip to that total where the amount will then change to include the tip and be finalized in a batch along with all the other transactions for that day. Similarly a cancelled transaction after the fact will go away after it has been finalized.
User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)Oct 19, 2026 10:43 AM in response to eduin96
Hi,
If there was no charge actually made, then there's no refund to be had as no money left your payment method.
There can't be a refund if there was no charge.
If you were charged even after having cancelled, then it's up to DoorDash to refund the money once they have processed the cancellation.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 19, 2026 10:31 AM in response to Jeff Donald
It's just that I contacted the app support and they told me that since the order was canceled immediately, there was no payment in that sense.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256378620