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flutie8211
Participant
May 17, 2026
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Generative credits deducted when creating a video even though I hit the cancel button

  • May 17, 2026
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On 5-17, I started to create a video using the wrong video creation model. I hit cancel immediately right as it started to create and the creation was cancelled however the credits for the video creation were deducted from my credit balance anyway. Shouldn’t those credits have been returned to me since the creation was cancelled right away? This error cost me 1375 credits.

    Correct answer droopydog500

    Hi ​@flutie8211,

     

    Unfortunately, once you click generate, computing resources are assigned to your generation and it starts work. The credits are consumed when you hit generate and this process starts. Even if you cancel, resources have already been expended. That is why credits are not returned if you cancel.

     

        droopy

    2 replies

    AnandChikane8787
    Participant
    May 28, 2026

    isnt this fall under fishing...I created a prompt hit generate, my network got disturbed for moment but 400 credits dedcuted and i never recived any video, neither it shows in my  Generative history, Adobe should look in to this, as this disappointment is at a larger scale in my orgeniization and  is to Demarket the Adobe products and look for other tools.

    droopydog500
    Community Manager
    droopydog500Community ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    May 22, 2026

    Hi ​@flutie8211,

     

    Unfortunately, once you click generate, computing resources are assigned to your generation and it starts work. The credits are consumed when you hit generate and this process starts. Even if you cancel, resources have already been expended. That is why credits are not returned if you cancel.

     

        droopy

    Adobe Community Expert (not an Adobe employee)
    flutie8211
    Participant
    May 22, 2026

    Thank you for your response, droopydog500. I guess that means that I really need to watch what I am doing when I generate--don’t want to make that same costly mistake again.