Some Commonwealth Bank customers who withdraw cash at branches or post offices will soon be charged $3 for the privilege, after the bank announced it was migrating a legacy everyday account to a newer offering.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia scrapped plans to charge customers a fee to withdraw cash at branches and on the phone within a day of announcing a policy that drew criticism from the government.

We feel we didn’t get the communication right on this, so we’ve paused, and we want to take a different approach.”

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been forced to backflip on its decision to charge customers a fee to withdraw cash after copping criticism from its customers.

Ally Langdon took a CommBank executive to task on Tuesday night over the bank’s controversial decision to charge customers to withdraw their own cash.

The Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) has nearly immediately rescinded plans to charge its banking customers $3 to withdraw their own money at branches or the post office after a groundswell of outrage across the country.

The Commonwealth Bank has backed down on a plan to switch customers to an account that would force them to pay $3 to withdraw cash following major public backlash.

The Commonwealth Bank will “change its approach” after its plan to charge some customers $3 to withdraw cash from a branch sparked national fury.

Commbank Australia has announced a change to its users' accounts that will see a withdrawal charge added from next year.

The Commonwealth bank says it's 'pausing' changes it announced yesterday, which would see some account holders pay a three-dollar withdrawal fee at branches and post offices.