Lyft App won’t allow deletion of Apple Pay as payment option

Has anyone had a problem in the Lyft app where you cannot delete Apple Pay as a payment option? I initially put Apple Pay as a secondary/ backup payment option. Now I want to put in a different payment method as backup. Please note - I already have a Visa card as my main payment. And you do not necessarily need a backup payment. After contacting Lyft several times in the customer service chat ( there is no phone number to call ) , Lyft says after Apple Pay is put into their system it cannot be removed. Same for Google pay. They have no solution for this issue and don’t seem too concerned in solving it. They simply said “ oh don’t worry, we will only charge the primary card “. Then they rudely and abruptly end the chat . This is no consolation because they actually did charge my Apple Pay for my first ride, even though I had a primary Visa on file. Sooo….?? I don’t feel comfortable leaving my Apple Pay in their system. There is no solution and I have let Apple know about this issue and they too have no solution. Anyone else notice this?

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 1, 2025 12:08 PM

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Mar 1, 2025 12:38 PM in response to patechoux

I have never added Apple Pay as a Lyft payment method. But it appears in the list of payment options in the app.


I'm guessing that is likely the case with everyone who has Apple Pay set up on their iPhone. I've never selected Apple Pay as my payment method for Lyft, and so it has never been charged.


I'm also guessing that Google Pay will automatically be listed as a payment method in the Lyft app on Android phones if it has been set up on the phone.


The only way to eliminate this is to get enough users from all over the internet to raise a big enough stink that Lyft recodes their app to not automatically add them as payment methods. Good luck with that.


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