# Change your plan (/docs/account/change-plan)

Change plan from **Settings → Subscription → Billing & Invoices → Update plan**. Most changes apply right away and Stripe charges or credits the difference for the rest of your billing period.

## Steps [#steps]

1. Go to **Settings → Subscription → Billing & Invoices**.
2. Click **Update plan**.
3. Choose **Monthly** or **Annual** at the top.
4. Click **Update plan** on the plan you want. Your current plan shows **Your plan**.

You see **Subscription updated successfully!** when it's done.

## How billing changes [#how-billing-changes]

| Change | When it applies | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Any change during the free trial | Right away | No charge. Your trial keeps its end date. |
| Upgrade or downgrade between plans | Right away | Prorated. Stripe invoices the difference right away. |
| Monthly → annual (same plan) | Right away | Prorated. Stripe invoices the difference right away. |
| Annual → monthly (same plan) | At the end of your current annual period | You keep annual until it ends, then monthly billing starts. |
| Any change while a payment is overdue | Right away | You pay the new plan's price now. You may be sent to a Stripe payment page. |

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## What happens to things over the new limit [#what-happens-to-things-over-the-new-limit]

Limits switch to the new plan when the change applies. Nothing you already have is deleted.

- **Queued Notes:** Notes already in your queue stay scheduled. You can't queue new ones until you're under the new limit.
- **Cross-post channels:** channels already turned on stay on, and posts already scheduled still go out. You can't turn on another channel until you're under the new limit. Turn one off to free a spot.
- **Coach, AI credits, follows and daily DMs** use the new plan's limits.

See [Plans and limits](/docs/account/plans-and-limits) for the numbers.

{/* TODO(orel): Plan changes only ADD feature flags (updateUserFeatureFlags merges old + new), so a downgrade may keep higher-tier features. Decide whether to document that or fix it; the page currently says nothing about losing features. */}

## If it doesn't work [#if-it-doesnt-work]

- **"Your card was declined":** click **Manage your subscription** in **Settings → Subscription → Billing & Invoices**, update your card, then try again. See [Invoices and payment method](/docs/account/invoices).
- **Open invoice error:** pay the open invoice from **Manage your subscription**, then change plan again.
- Still stuck? Email support@writestack.io.