Cancel Zoho Books by downgrading the organisation to Free: open Settings, Manage Subscription, Change Plan and choose Free Plan in Zoho Store. It takes about three minutes. Choose immediate cancellation for a pro-rata balance refund or end-of-cycle cancellation to keep paid access through the term.
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In Zoho Books, open Settings and select Manage Subscription under Organisation.
Select Change Plan or Upgrade Plan, then select Change Plan in Zoho Store.
Hover over Free Plan and select Downgrade.
Choose immediate or end-of-cycle cancellation, then select Confirm Downgrade.
Open the subscription controls for the correct Zoho Books organisation.
Tick a step to keep your place - nothing is stored. Tap a step to tick it off - nothing is stored.
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Tell us when Zoho Books 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.
Zoho Books says immediate cancellation refunds the remaining balance pro rata. End-of-cycle cancellation keeps the plan until the cycle ends.
Choose a lower paid plan or the Free plan through Manage Subscription and Zoho Store.
No subscription pause is documented in the checked Zoho Books plan guide.
After cancellation, organisation data remains available read-only. Zoho warns that accounts inactive for more than 120 days can have data permanently deleted.
No. The data initially remains read-only, but prolonged account inactivity can lead to deletion.
Yes. Select the automatic end-of-cycle downgrade option.
Yes. Clear the end-of-cycle option; Zoho says the remaining balance is refunded pro rata.
Yes. Cancellation is handled as a downgrade to the Free plan.
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