Recurring billing to deactivated store

Topic summary

A user is experiencing unauthorized payment attempts from Shopify on their bank account, which are being declined due to insufficient funds.

Current situation:

  • Their active store shows no outstanding balance
  • Bank notifications indicate Shopify is attempting to charge the account

Suspected cause:

  • The charges may be linked to previous stores that were either deactivated or deleted but never properly finalized

Status: The issue remains unresolved, with no clear explanation for why deactivated/deleted stores would still trigger billing attempts.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I keep getting notifications from my bank account that shopify tried to take payment and was denied bc I only keep enough in that account for known Bill’s. My active store shows that I dont owe anything. It must be from previous stores that never were finalized and were deactivated or deleted.