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How do I cancel Flywheel?

$300 / year Hosting & deployment Starter · billed via web
3 min plus email confirmation Self-serve
Short answer

Request Flywheel cancellation from Billing: open the subscription Details, use the gear menu, choose Cancel subscription, then select Request Cancellation. The dashboard part takes about three minutes, but Flywheel's Billing Team must confirm by email. On the cancellation date, you lose access to every connected site and backup.

Cancel Flywheel

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What you are cancelling

Managed WordPress hosting platform for site owners, freelancers and agencies. This guide covers every place the subscription can live - the website and team plans - plus what happens to refunds, pausing and your data afterwards.

Checked against Flywheel's own documentation · Last verified 13 Aug 2026

Step-by-step instructions

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Use an authorized owner

Only the owner can cancel an individually owned subscription. Any member can cancel a subscription owned by an organization.

Cheaper swaps

Keep up to $1,018 a year of that $1,150

Flywheel Freelance costs $1,150 a year. Each saving compares that tool's entry plan with your selected plan - it is what stays in your account over the next twelve months. On a different Flywheel plan? Pick it below.

Prices checked 8 Aug 2026
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Cloudways Cloudways Flexible plan From $11 / month
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every year
$1,150 $132 a year
$132 you pay $1,018 you keep
Cancels in about 15 minutes
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$350 you pay $800 you keep
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Easier to cancel hostinger.com
Hostinger Hostinger Premium plan $143.52 / first 48 months
Different pricing model

Why this one - Much lower-cost web hosting

Far lower introductory price Self-serve auto-renew control Not the same managed agency workflow
Switch to Hostinger Or read our Hostinger guide

No one pays for a spot here - the cheapest option simply goes first, the Switch button goes straight to the provider, and every card links to our own verified guide.

Biggest saving · Cloudways Keep $1,018 a year Switch

Flywheel Freelance costs you $1,150 a year

Add it to your subscriptions and see what the whole stack costs - and what walks away if you cancel.

Fl Flywheel Freelance · $95.83/month, billed yearly

$1,150
a year if you keep it · $95.83/mo

Not cancelling today? Put it in your calendar.

Tell us when Flywheel renews and download a calendar reminder that lands two days before, with this guide and the direct cancellation page inside. Nothing is stored - the file is yours.

Works with Apple, Google and Outlook calendars. Your renewal date shows in Flywheel's billing settings.

Refunds, downgrades, pausing and your data

Four questions people ask before they cancel
Can I get my money back?

Flywheel offers a 60-day money-back guarantee for eligible new Tiny, Startup and Freelance plans. Agency, Custom, upgrades and renewals are excluded.

Refund possible
Is there a cheaper way to stay?

Flywheel lets customers remove paid additional sites separately. No automatic free hosting downgrade is documented.

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Can I pause instead of cancel?

No subscription pause is documented on the checked pricing and cancellation pages.

Not available
What happens to my account data?

On the cancellation date, access to all connected sites and their backups ends. The Flywheel account, organizations, saved payment methods and blueprints remain.

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Official sources
Everything above is checked against these pages · last verified 13 Aug 2026

Frequently asked questions

Answers checked with the steps above
Who can cancel Flywheel?

The owner can cancel an individually owned subscription, while any member can cancel one owned by an organization.

Is Flywheel cancellation immediate?

The request goes to the Billing Team for email confirmation and is processed for a cancellation date.

What happens to Flywheel backups?

Access to all backups for sites connected to the subscription ends on the cancellation date.

Does Flywheel have a refund guarantee?

Eligible new Tiny, Startup and Freelance plans have a 60-day guarantee, with documented exclusions.