How to transfer cash out of robinhood

Being an online broker, Robinhood allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and stocks without a trading commission. Since it offers free stock trading in addition to crypto, it has become a go-to place for investors.

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How Long Does It Take To Withdraw Money from Robinhood?
Withdrawing Deposited Cash
Withdrawing Referral Stock
Settling the Funds
Withdrawing Funds to a Different Bank Account
Can You Cancel a Withdrawal?
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Can I transfer money out of Robinhood?
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But how long does it take to transfer money from Robinhood to the bank?

How Long Does It Take To Withdraw Money from Robinhood?

Ultimately, the length of time it takes to withdraw money from your Robinhood account depends more on the type of funds than the time for the transfer itself to complete.

Withdrawing Deposited Cash

A pending deposit on Robinhood can take up to five trading days to complete. During this time, you will be unable to spend or withdraw these funds.

With Instant Deposits, you may have access to as much as $1,000 without the waiting period – more if you have Robinhood Gold – but transferring the funds from your bank account can still take up to five business days, so it’s important to keep track of your money and know how much you really have.

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Withdrawing Referral Stock

Robinhood offers rewards in stock for referring people to the platform, but you aren’t able to access funds from selling them for 30 days. If you sell the stock before those 30 days are up, the money must remain in your account until the 31st day, when all restrictions are lifted.

Settling the Funds

When you make a sale from your Robinhood account, it takes a while for the funds to settle before you can send them to your bank account. The average time for this stage of the process is two trading days.

Therefore, the funds from a Robinhood transaction are available for you to withdraw on the third day following a trade.

Robinhood allows you to make up to five withdrawals per day, up to so long as they total $50,000 or less.

Withdrawing Funds to a Different Bank Account

If you want to withdraw funds to a different bank account than you deposited from within 60 days of the initial deposit, you need to contact the support team. In case you cannot access your original bank account or have closed it, you need to share the following things with the support team:

A description of why you are withdrawing funds to a new bank account rather than the one you deposited the funds from
A front and back photo of your ID card
Bank statements to prove that you hold both accounts
The bank account you want to transfer the funds to
The amount you want to transfer.

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Can You Cancel a Withdrawal?

You can cancel a withdrawal made within a certain window by its established cutoff time.

A transfer initiated between 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EST can be canceled up to 7:00 p.m. EST.
A transfer initiated after 7:00 p.m. EST can be canceled up to 3:00 p.m. EST the next trading day.

If you initiate a transfer during the weekend, you can cancel it up to 3:00 p.m. EST on Monday. Canceling the withdrawal is pretty simple — you can do it using your mobile phone app.

To Cancel
Go to the Account icon.
If you are an Android user, tap the Menu icon.
Tap History.
You will see the pending transfer here. Tap on it.
Finally, tap “Cancel Transfer.”

Doing so will cancel the withdrawal, provided you have initiated the cancellation within the appropriate window. However, the wise thing would be to make a considered decision about every withdrawal so that you are not racing against time to cancel it.

Final Take

Whether you want to transfer the money to your original account or a new bank account, Robinhood has provisions for both and handy cancellation options.

Amber Barkley contributed to the reporting for this article.

Editorial Note: This content is not provided by Robinhood. Any opinions, analyses, reviews, ratings or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the author alone and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by Robinhood.

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Can I transfer money out of Robinhood?

You can transfer securities and cash to outside brokerages through ACATS (Automated Customer Account Transfer Service). If you want to keep your Robinhood account, you can initiate a partial transfer. Otherwise, you can initiate a full transfer and we'll put your account on hold.

Why can't i take my money out of Robinhood?

You may not be able to withdraw money while your account is restricted. Robinhood sometimes restricts users' accounts. That can happen if the user has a negative balance, had a bank account transaction reversed, if the user is suspected of fraud, or for a few other reasons.