{"id":1013,"date":"2021-11-15T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/11\/15\/5733346-how-to-uninstall-a-lifetime-ssl-certificate-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:08:09","slug":"5733346-how-to-uninstall-a-lifetime-ssl-certificate-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5733346-how-to-uninstall-a-lifetime-ssl-certificate-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to uninstall a Lifetime SSL certificate in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Uninstall a Lifetime SSL certificate in Hostinger from the SSL page of your website&rsquo;s dashboard, for example to reinstall a failed or stuck certificate or to install a custom SSL. After uninstalling, your website loads only over HTTP until you install a new SSL.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To temporarily disable HTTPS and make your website accessible via HTTP, you can <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-unforce-https\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583201-how-can-i-redirect-my-http-site-to-https\/#h_d5e76703f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unforce HTTPS<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 id=\"h-before-you-start\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">Before you start<\/h3><ul>\n<li>Lifetime SSL certificates can only be uninstalled from websites created with PHP\/HTML, WordPress, or other file-based CMS.<\/li>\n<li>For <span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-32\">Hostinger AI Builder websites<\/span><\/span>, Lifetime SSL certificates are managed automatically in the background.\n<ul>\n<li><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-32\">Uninstalling custom SSL is not available for Hostinger AI Builder websites<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0,3\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">How to uninstall a Lifetime SSL certificate<\/h2><ol>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Go to Hostinger dashboard &rarr; <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-websites\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Dashboard <\/b>next to the website.<\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">On the sidebar, select Security &rarr; <b>SSL<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Locate the SSL for the domain or subdomain you wish to remove, click on the options button (&#8942;), and select <b>Uninstall<\/b>:<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16_10-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1156\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16_10-07.png 1156w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16_10-07-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16_10-07-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16_10-07-768x361.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">After uninstalling, your domain will appear on the list to <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-install-a-new-ssl\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583258-how-to-install-lifetime-ssl-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">install a new SSL<\/a>, and your website will only be accessible via HTTP, for example <code>http:\/\/domain.tld<\/code>.<\/p><p>With the Lifetime SSL removed, you can<a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-install-a-custom-ssl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583785-how-to-install-a-custom-ssl-in-hostinger\/\"> install a custom SSL<\/a> on the domain or <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-install-a-new-lifetime-ssl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583258-how-to-install-lifetime-ssl-at-hostinger\/\">install a new Lifetime SSL.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">After uninstalling the SSL, attempting to open the website using HTTPS (e.g. <code>https:\/\/domain.tld<\/code>) will result in an error, and the website will not be displayed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>To keep the SSL installed but load your website over HTTP,<a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-unforce-https-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583201-how-to-enable-or-disable-https-for-your-website-at-hostinger\/\"> unforce HTTPS<\/a> instead of uninstalling it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uninstall a Lifetime SSL certificate in Hostinger from the SSL page to reinstall a failed certificate or switch to a custom 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