Where to send your The Washington Post cancellation letter
Read the addresses on this page next to the full guide to cancelling The Washington Post.
The addresses we hold
This page shows every mailing address we hold for The Washington Post, starting with the one a cancellation letter should go to in Washington, 20071, and how to address the envelope so it arrives without a query.
Where the letter goesMailing address
The Washington Post1301 K Street NWWashington, DC 20071The Washington Post takes its post at this the District of Columbia address (ZIP 20071).
How to address the envelope
Copy the address exactly
The front of the envelope carries 1301 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20071 and nothing else in the address block. Check the 20071 digit by digit before it goes in the post.
Add your return address
Your name and postal address go top-left on the front (or the back flap). If the letter cannot be delivered it comes back to you, which is itself evidence of the attempt.
Send it by certified mail
Take the letter to a post office counter and ask for certified mail: you get a postmarked receipt and a delivery record. Keep the tracking number and check it until it shows delivered.
Keep what the post office gives you
The postmarked receipt, the tracking record and your signed copy of the letter are the set that proves the request.
The cancellation letter
What the letter to The Washington Post says: one clear cancellation request, no reasons given, the email on the account, the delivery address for print copies and the subscription or reference number from your latest invoice quoted, and a request for written confirmation.
[Your name] [Your street address] [City, State ZIP] [Your email address]
[Date]
The Washington Post 1301 K Street NW Washington, DC 20071
To whom it may concern,
I am cancelling my account with The Washington Post, account or member number [number], with effect from [date or "immediately"]. Please end every add-on and linked plan on this account at the same time.
Please stop all future charges to my payment method, remove my stored payment details, and send written confirmation of the cancellation and its effective date to [your email address].
Sincerely, [Signature] [Your printed name]
Keep reading
The full guide to cancelling this company, our letter template and the postal guides.
Let Postbye cancel The Washington Post for you
We write your letter, mail it by certified mail the next business day, and confirm when the cancellation went through. You keep the signed proof.