# Turn off subscription auto-renew **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Talk\ **Created:** [July 11, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770 "2024-07-11T20:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/jeffpaetkau/32/3908_2.png) [@JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/JeffPaetkau)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/1 "2024-07-11T20:29:37Z")
How do I turn off auto-renew for subscriptions. I understand that now I get the theme or add-on with one year of updates for $x and that $x by default auto-renews annually. How do I turn off that auto-renew though? If I click “cancel subscription” I get the error: “This subscription references licenses that are still attached to Concrete sites. Release this license from the Concrete site in order to cancel this subscription.” ---
**Author:** ![bluPaula](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/blupaula/32/5438_2.png) [@bluPaula](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/bluPaula)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/2 "2024-07-12T22:02:35Z")
Looks like you need too release the license from your project first. ---
**Author:** ![frz](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/frz/32/6262_2.png) [@frz](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/frz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/3 "2024-07-14T21:01:05Z")
That’s true for SaaS hosted sites, but it shouldn’t be for self hosted You should be able to buy an extension and set it to not renew in a year. You won’t get any updates or support after a year, but that’s your choice to make Looks like we’re missing a button for your use case. We will add it shortly and I’ll post back here to let you know ---
**Author:** ![JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/jeffpaetkau/32/3908_2.png) [@JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/JeffPaetkau)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/4 "2024-08-12T18:23:21Z")
@frz any update on this? ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/andrew/32/4631_2.png) [@andrew](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/5 "2024-08-16T21:06:50Z")
@JeffPaetkau I’ve updated your subscription to the Ortho theme to cancel at the end of the current period. So it’ll continue to say its active but it will not auto-renew. The current period ends on Jul 11, 2025, 10:44 AM ---
**Author:** ![JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/jeffpaetkau/32/3908_2.png) [@JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/JeffPaetkau)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/6 "2024-08-19T18:16:50Z")
@andrew great. Thanks. Is there a way to do that generally or is this going to be an issue every time we launch a site? ---
**Author:** ![apbmt](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/apbmt/32/5178_2.png) [@apbmt](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/apbmt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/7 "2025-07-02T09:50:52Z")
I also need to cancel auto-renew subscription that I use for self hosted. Could you help me? ---
**Author:** ![JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/jeffpaetkau/32/3908_2.png) [@JeffPaetkau](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/JeffPaetkau)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/8 "2025-07-02T17:20:25Z")
Ya, this is a bit of a pain but it’s not too bad once you figure it out. What you need to do is: 1. Go to the subscriptions section of your account [Login :: Concrete CMS Marketplace](https://market.concretecms.com/account/subscriptions) 2. Click on the subscription you want to cancel. 3. Look for “Assigned to Site” and click the link to that site 4. Go to the “Licenses” section of that site and the orange “unassign” button 5. Go back to the subscription you want to cancel and you should now have the ability to turn off auto-renewal 6. Go back to the site and re-attach the license They really need to make this more straightforward! ---
**Author:** ![apbmt](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/apbmt/32/5178_2.png) [@apbmt](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/apbmt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/turn-off-subscription-auto-renew/7770/9 "2025-07-03T06:18:23Z")
Thanks, great! I could stop auto-renew peacefully! Yes, it was hard to understand!