Check Your Walgreens Gift Card Balance and Claim Unused Cash Back

A Walgreens gift card can open up a world of opportunity to get your prescription drugs, buy essentials, or pamper yourself.

Too many Walgreens gift cards finish up with a few dollars left unspent—too little to use for anything you want.

Instead of this money going to waste, DoNotPay can show you how to check your Walgreens gift card balance and claim back the unspent amount on your card!

What Can You Get With a Walgreens Gift Card?

Walgreens offers gift cards for in-store or online purchases across its range of products.

Gift cards are available from Walgreens stores, the Walgreens website, and several online vendors. They are only redeemable against products in the Walgreens product range, but the company says you can redeem them for cash up to certain amounts.

Where Can You Do a Walgreens Gift Card Balance Check?

Checking the balance on your Walgreens gift card is easy and can be done in a couple of ways, namely:

By phone
In store

By Phone

The Company offers a Walgreens gift cards balance check phone service. All you need to do is dial 1-866-922-7312 and follow the voice prompts to find out how much balance is left on your card.

In Store

Any Walgreens cashier can swipe your card to find out the remaining balance on it. The amount left will also appear on your receipt if you have used the card to make a purchase.

What Can You Do if You Have Money Left on Your Gift Card?

The easiest way to deplete your Walgreens gift card is to use the full amount to make purchases in-store or online, topping up with cash if necessary.

If you don’t want to choose this option, or if the cash amount is negligible, there are ways for you to convert the remaining balance on your gift card into cash. These are your options nationwide:

Cash Redemption Option	Explanation
Card exchange	Several websites offer to swap used gift cards with residual balances for others from different vendors
Card kiosk	In many grocery or department stores, you can find vending machines that offer cash for your part-used gift cards
Gift card purchaser	Many websites will buy your unused or part-used Walgreens gift cards from you

There are a couple of disadvantages to all the above options:

The cash you get in return for your card will only represent 85–90% of the true value remaining on your card at best
You may find that the offer you receive is further diminished depending on how sought-after your Walgreens gift card at the time you want to exchange it

Get Cash Back for Your Walgreens Gift Card

Your next option is more lucrative but slightly more complicated. In 11 states across the country and Puerto Rico, legislation exists that allows you to claim cash back on unspent gift card balances.

Walgreens acknowledges this, so you can go to a Walgreens store in any of these places, present your card, and claim cash back from a cashier.

The amount you can claim back is limited, and the locations and their limits are as follows:

Location	Cash Back Limit
California	$10
Colorado	$5
Connecticut	$3
Maine	$5
Massachusetts	$5
Missouri	$5
New Jersey	$5
Oregon	$5
Puerto Rico	$5
Rhode Island	$1
Vermont	$1
Washington	$5

While it’s great that Walgreens voluntarily offers this service, to use it, you must:

Be in one of the states listed
Visit a Walgreens store in person

Luckily, DoNotPay has a way to get around both these obstacles—we can !

Get Your Walgreens Gift Card Cash Back With DoNotPay!

DoNotPay is the expert at simplifying your life—getting cash back on a gift card is no exception!

It doesn’t matter whether or not you live in one of the states with a cash back policy—you can use DoNotPay’s Cash Back feature wherever you are. Here’s how it works:

in your web browser
Click on our Cash Back on Gift Cards feature
Give us your vendor details, card number, and the remaining balance

If you live in one of the cash back states, we will send your request to a local Walgreens outlet for them to process. If you live elsewhere, we will find the best outlet in a cash back state and forward your claim to them. You should receive your money within 14 days.

Can DoNotPay Deal With Other Gift Cards?

We are growing the range of gift cards we can help you claim unspent cash on every week—here are a few of the gift cards we can deal with:

In some cases, we can even show you how to get free gift cards—a few of which you might be able to exchange for cash!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I Need To Activate A Walgreens Gift Card Before Using It?

Typically, when you purchase a Walgreens gift card with a reasonable monetary amount, it should already be activated by a Walgreens cashier. So long as the card was legally purchased, the owner or recipient of the card doesn’t need to call a number or complete a task to have the card activated. The only exception to this is if the card has $2,000 or more on it.

How Do I Activate A $2,000+ Walgreens Gift Card?

Despite the extremely high dollar amount affixed to this type of card, there isn’t much hassle in order to activate it. You simply need a Walgreens account and your Walgreens app or web browser. Log into your Walgreens account from the Walgreens website or app. Next, find your gift card order, and click all the necessary prompts to have the card activated. That’s it! The kicker, however, is that the card won’t be activated for another eight hours afterwards, so be sure to take action in advance before your next shopping spree.

How Can I Check My Walgreens Gift Card Balance Online?

To check how much money is remaining on your Walgreens gift card, visit https://walgreens.myretailcard.com/. To see how much money is on your card, you simply need to enter the card number and the scratch-off code found on the back of the card.

How Do I Redeem A Walgreens Gift Card?

Because most Publix refunds take place at the same location the items came from, returns will occur instantly and your money will be returned back to your card or wallet. So long as it’s the same location, you won’t have to wait long to undo the transaction.

Can I Do A Walgreens Gift Card Exchange At The Store?

It’s not uncommon if you want to change your mind about purchasing a Walgreens gift card, and want to get another gift card instead, such as from Home Depot. However, this can’t be done once the Walgreens card is paid for.

According to the Walgreens Gift Card Terms & Conditions page, a Walgreens gift card cannot be returned or refunded. All sales are final unless there are laws that state otherwise.

Can I Use A Walgreens Gift Card To Buy Another Gift Card?

As stated on the Gift Card Terms & Conditions page, consumers can’t use a Walgreens Gift card to purchase other gift cards or prepaid cards. This is a restriction from many other stores, such as Walgreens and Target, as the practice doesn’t necessarily result in a purchase of Walgreens goods, but goods from another company.