{"id":1053,"date":"2021-07-12T06:18:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/07\/12\/5401909-how-to-delete-an-unpaid-invoice-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:58:48","slug":"5401909-how-to-delete-an-unpaid-invoice-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5401909-how-to-delete-an-unpaid-invoice-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing unpaid invoices at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"597\">At Hostinger, invoices for service renewals are generated in two ways:<\/p><ul>\n<li>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3316237-how-to-automatically-renew-hostinger-services\">auto-renewal<\/a> is enabled, an advance invoice is generated a few days before the end of the billing cycle. Advance invoices are internal system invoices used to process upcoming renewals and are not shown in your account.<\/li>\n<li>If auto-renewal is disabled, the invoice is generated when you start the manual renewal process.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Advance invoices cannot be canceled manually. If left unpaid, they are automatically voided depending on the service type:<\/p><ul>\n<li>For most services, the advance invoice remains active for 7 days after the original expiration date. If the invoice is not paid within this period, it is automatically deleted. You do not need to take any action.<\/li>\n<li>For domains, the advance invoice remains active until the domain&rsquo;s expiration date. If it is not paid, the invoice is voided when the domain expires. To reactivate the domain after that date, follow this guide: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6058634-how-to-renew-an-expired-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to renew an expired domain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>These renewal invoices help manage upcoming service expirations and complete the renewal when needed.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>While an advance invoice is active and unpaid, your subscription&rsquo;s expiration date may temporarily appear as the extended renewal date. If the advance invoice is voided, the expiration date reverts to the original date.<\/li>\n<li>Unpaid services are suspended when they reach the expiration date.<\/li>\n<li>If an advance invoice has already been generated, you cannot change the billing cycle or upgrade the service until the invoice is paid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How unpaid renewal invoices are handled at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invoices-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5401909-how-to-delete-an-unpaid-invoice-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5401909-como-eliminar-una-factura-pendiente-de-pago-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5401909-cara-menghapus-faktur-yang-belum-dibayar-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5401909-como-deletar-uma-fatura-pendente-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8407,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/8407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}