About Direct Deposit Cancellation
If a financial credit balance occurs on your student account, you may receive a refund. Most often, refunds are issued when you receive more financial aid than is needed to pay your bill. These extra funds are usually used to cover personal expenses, books, and supplies.
If you are currently enrolled in direct deposit for student refunds, you may cancel your enrollment at any time. If you cancel enrollment, you will no longer receive electronic refunds; future refunds, if issued, will be sent as paper checks, and will take longer to receive. You may choose to re-enroll in direct deposit at any time.
This job aid describes how to cancel your enrollment in direct deposit.
Important: you, the student, are the sole owner of your My Buckeye Link account. Because of this, only you can cancel your direct deposit enrollment; parents, family members, or others who support you financially cannot complete this action on your behalf.
Cancel Direct Deposit Enrollment
- Navigate to buckeyelink.osu.edu and click on My Buckeye Link in the Quick Links section at the top right of the page to log into your student account. Use your Ohio State name.# and password as your log-in credentials.
- Navigate to the Finances section and click on the Manage Direct Deposit Refund link. This will take you to the Account Refund page. Click on the Edit/View Direct Deposit button – this will transfer you to the Direct Deposit Details screen where you can see the account you currently have on file.
- Click on the Cancel Direct Deposit Enrollment button beneath the account information.
- In the confirmation pop-up window, select Yes to cancel direct deposit enrollment for this bank account.
Once confirmed, your changes take effect immediately and refunds will no longer be sent to this account. You will also receive an email to your Ohio State email account confirming the cancellation.
Important Information
- If you elect to cancel direct deposit enrollment, any future refunds, if issued, will be sent as paper checks, and will take longer to receive.
- You may choose to re-enroll in direct deposit at any time.
- Questions about cancelling direct deposit enrollment should be directed to Buckeye Link at 614-292-0300 or help.osu.edu.