Introduction
If your needs have changed, you can switch to a lower Gamma plan at any time. When you downgrade, your new plan takes effect at the end of your current billing period, so you keep full access to your current plan right up until then.
🔷 Note: Your downgrade is scheduled automatically. You do not need to do anything else after confirming it.
What Is a Scheduled Downgrade?
When you choose to move to a lower plan, Gamma schedules the change to happen at the end of your current billing period rather than immediately. This means:
You keep all the features and credits of your current plan until your billing period ends.
No prorations are applied. You have already paid for the current period, and that is not affected.
Your new plan and its associated features will activate automatically when the period closes.
🌀 Insight: If you change your mind before the period ends, you can upgrade back at any time and your scheduled downgrade will be cancelled.
How to Downgrade Your Plan
Step 1: Open Your Settings
From your Gamma dashboard, click the dropdown in the upper-left corner and select Manage billing, then go to .
Once you’re in the dropdown menu in the upper-left corner of your Gamma dashboard, you can also select Settings, and then Billing. Either method works.
Step 2: Select a Lower Plan
Click View all plans to open the plan selector. Choose the plan you would like to move to. If you are moving to a lower plan tier, Gamma will recognize this as a downgrade and schedule the change for the end of your billing period.
🔷 Note: Only one scheduled change is allowed at a time. If you schedule a downgrade and then schedule a different change, the most recent selection will apply.
Step 3: Confirm Your Selection
Review the confirmation screen, which will show you the plan you are moving to and the date the change takes effect. The modal will also show you what benefits you will lose by downgrading. Click Confirm downgrade to schedule the downgrade.
How Downgrade Timing Works
Downgrade timing depends on your current billing cycle.
Monthly plans: Your downgrade takes effect on your next monthly renewal date.
Annual plans: Your downgrade takes effect when your annual period ends. You will keep your current plan for the full remaining duration of the year.
💎 Pro Tip: You can check your renewal date at any time in Settings & members > Billing.
Understanding Plan Hierarchy
Gamma determines upgrades and downgrades based on plan level, not price. The plan hierarchy from highest to lowest is: Ultra, Pro, Plus, Free.
A move to any plan lower in that order is considered a downgrade, regardless of whether you are also changing your billing frequency. For example, moving from Pro annual to Plus annual is a downgrade.
FAQs & Common Issues
When exactly will my new plan activate?
Your new plan activates on the first day of your next billing period.
You can find that date in Settings & members > Billing.
Will I receive a refund when I downgrade?
No. Downgrades do not trigger a refund or proration. You keep access to your current plan for the full period you have already paid for.
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Can I cancel a scheduled downgrade?
Yes. If you upgrade before the end of your billing period, your scheduled downgrade will be cancelled and your upgraded plan will take effect immediately.
What happens to my credits when I downgrade?
Until your billing period ends, your credits continue to work as normal under your current plan.
Once your new plan activates, your monthly credit allowance will adjust to match the new plan level. Any credits already in your balance will carry over, up to the rollover limit for your new plan.
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What happens to features I was using that are not included in my new plan?
You will retain access to those features until your current billing period ends.
After that, any features not included in your new plan will no longer be available. Your content is not deleted.
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What if I want to cancel instead of downgrading?
If you would like to cancel your subscription entirely rather than switch to a lower plan, you can do that from Settings & members > Billing.
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