The Auto-Pay Organizer

Why Bother?

Turning an automatic payment on is usually easy. Turning it off can be much harder, and the delay can cost real money. Charges may keep running simply because no one knows where they were set up or how to stop them. Online payment systems usually organize information by account, which does not capture everything someone may need to know to change or cancel an automatic payment. The Auto-Pay Organizer puts those connections in one place, making it easier for you, or someone who later has to step in, to see what is being paid, where the money is coming from, and where to go to change or stop it before more money slips away.

No sign-in. No information you enter is collected.

Start with the Payment Source

Before adding an automatic payment, enter the bank account, debit card, credit card, or other source it is paid from.

Your Payment Sources

Saving, Sharing & Removing Your Auto-Pay Organizer

Your browser remembers your working copy on this device. The Organizer does not store it, so keep a separate saved copy somewhere safe.

No encrypted backup has been saved yet. Your working copy is saved only in this browser on this device.

Save an Encrypted Backup

This is the copy to use if you want to keep editing your Auto-Pay Organizer later or move it to another phone, tablet, or computer. The backup is protected with a password you choose. Prepared does not receive the file or the password.

Good places to keep the encrypted backup are locations you already protect and know how to reach later, such as:

  • Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive
  • a computer you control
  • an encrypted external drive or other protected backup location

If access to a cloud account may matter later, record that account and its recovery path in Prepared.

Save or Share a Readable Record

This creates a copy that can be opened and read without returning to the Auto-Pay Organizer. On a phone, you may be able to use the normal Share screen to save it to cloud storage, send it to yourself, or share it with a trusted person. On a computer, it can also be saved and printed.

This readable copy is not encrypted. Keep it only in a protected location you would trust with a readable list of your payment sources and automatic payments. Avoid public or broadly shared folders.

Remove this Auto-Pay Organizer from this device
Use this only when you intentionally want to erase the working copy stored in this browser, such as before giving away or replacing a device. It does not erase backup files or readable copies you saved elsewhere. Save an encrypted backup first if you want to keep the map.