What happens when the subscription expires

Access drops, data does not. The order of events, and what to do two days before it matters.

Nothing dramatic happens at expiry, which is exactly why people are surprised by it. The account does not disappear; the paid features do.

The order of events

1. Day 0. The period ends. Higher limits and paid features stop working; you fall back to the free tier on the same account.
2. Days 1–30. Conversations, projects and settings remain attached to the account. You can still log in, you just cannot use what you were paying for.
3. Later. The vendor may prune data on its own schedule. There is no guaranteed grace period, and nothing warns you before it happens.

What survives and what does not

Survives: the account, your email, your history (for a while), your project files if you can still open them. Does not survive: the usage limits, priority access, and anything you can only read through a paid feature.

The practical risk is not data loss on day one — it is discovering three weeks later that something you needed is gone.

Two days before expiry

• Export whatever lives only inside a paid feature. Projects, long threads, files you uploaded.
• Decide whether you are renewing, upgrading or leaving. Upgrading before renewing is the expensive mistake covered in the renewal guide.
• If you are switching accounts, confirm the new one can log in and can be upgraded before you pay anything.

If it expires by accident

Nothing is lost immediately. Renew and you are back where you were, minus the days you were dark. The only irreversible loss is data the vendor pruned in the gap, which is why the two-day checklist exists.

Plans and their periods are on the price list; refund rules are in the refund policy.

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