{"meta":{"title":"Downgrading a sponsorship","intro":"You can downgrade your sponsorship to a lower tier.","product":"Billing and payments","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/billing","title":"Billing and payments"},{"href":"/en/billing/how-tos","title":"How-tos"},{"href":"/en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties","title":"Pay third-parties"},{"href":"/en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/downgrade-sponsorship","title":"Downgrade sponsorship"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Downgrading a sponsorship\n\nYou can downgrade your sponsorship to a lower tier.\n\n**When you downgrade a sponsorship, the change will become effective on your next billing date**. There are no refunds for payments for GitHub Sponsors.\n\n## Downgrading a sponsorship\n\n1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored account's profile.\n2. Navigate to your sponsorship dashboard for the account.\n * If you're sponsoring a personal account, under the user's name, click **Sponsoring**.\n\n ![Screenshot of the sidebar of @octocat's profile page. A button, labeled with a heart icon and \"Sponsoring\", is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/profile/sponsoring-button.png)\n * If you're sponsoring an organization, to the right of the organization's name, click ** Sponsoring**.\n3. Optionally, to manage a sponsorship on behalf of an organization, on the right side of the page, use the **Sponsoring as** dropdown menu, then click the organization.\n4. On the right side of the page, beside \"Select a tier\", review the sponsorship tiers available. If more than one type of tier is available, \"Monthly\" tiers are shown by default. Click **One-time** to show the tiers for one-time payments.\n5. To the right of the tier you want, click **Select**.\n\n Alternatively, if you want to select a custom amount, enter the sponsorship amount in the text field provided, then click **Select**.\n6. Click **Update sponsorship**.\n\nFor information about *canceling* a sponsorship, see [Canceling a sponsorship](/en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/cancel-sponsorship)."}