{"id":8801,"date":"2026-03-17T08:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=8801"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:32:59","slug":"how-to-downgrade-a-hostinger-hosting-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-downgrade-a-hostinger-hosting-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to downgrade a Hostinger hosting plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Downgrade a Hostinger hosting plan to a lower tier from Billing &rarr; Subscriptions in the Hostinger dashboard when your current plan offers more resources than you need. The downgrade applies immediately, your expiration date stays the same, and the unused difference is credited back as a refund.<\/p><h3 id=\"Before-you-start\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">Before you start<\/h3><ul data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<li>Ensure your resource usage does not exceed the limits of the target plan.<\/li>\n<li>The downgrade applies only to the selected hosting plan; other purchased services in the account remain unaffected.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"How-to-downgrade-your-hosting-plan\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">How to downgrade your hosting plan<\/h2><p>To downgrade your hosting plan, follow these steps:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Go to Hostinger dashboard <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr;<\/span> Billing <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr;<\/span>&nbsp;<a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-subscriptions\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/billing\/subscriptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscriptions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Locate the hosting plan you wish to change and click the arrow (&#10095;) to manage the subscription.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-subscription-open-details.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-subscription-open-details.png 1039w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-subscription-open-details-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-subscription-open-details-1024x306.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-subscription-open-details-768x229.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Downgrade<\/strong> option.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-downgrade.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-downgrade.png 534w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-billing-downgrade-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Review the available hosting plan options by clicking on the dropdown below <strong>Downgrade to<\/strong>. If enabled, you may change the billing cycle and select a refund method.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm the selection by clicking <strong>Complete plan downgrade<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-confirm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-confirm.png 1050w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-confirm-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-confirm-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-confirm-768x439.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-path-to-node=\"12\">If a downgrade is not possible to the selected new plan, a notification explaining the reason appears and the button to downgrade is disabled.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-disabled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-disabled.png 434w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/hostinger-downgrade-disabled-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"What-to-expect\" data-path-to-node=\"9\">Hosting plan changes after downgrading<\/h2><p>When processing a hosting plan downgrade, the system applies the following logic to your account.<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Billing cycle<\/strong>: The expiration date of your current plan remains the same. The downgrade applies immediately to your current billing period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proration credits<\/strong>: The system calculates the price difference based on the unused portion of your higher-tier plan. This prorated amount is credited back as a refund.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resource adjustment<\/strong>: Your plan&rsquo;s resource allocations (such as storage, bandwidth, or website limits) drop to the target plan&rsquo;s thresholds immediately upon confirmation.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>After the downgrade, your hosting plan runs on the lower tier&rsquo;s resources, and the prorated credit for the unused portion of your previous plan is refunded.<\/p><p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>If the entire credit amount is automatically consumed by active account adjustments, your remaining added balance will be zero.<\/li>\n<li>To move to a higher-tier plan instead, see <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-upgrade-a-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583459-how-to-upgrade-a-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/\">How to upgrade a hosting plan at Hostinger.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downgrade a Hostinger hosting plan from Billing \u2192 Subscriptions, keep your expiration date, and get the unused difference credited back as a refund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billing"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-downgrade-a-hostinger-hosting-plan","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801","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\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8801"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21401,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8801\/revisions\/21401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}