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pausing (draft)Pause your plan instead of cancelling
How pausing works

so if you want to pause instead of cancel you can do that from billing, there’s a pause plan thing, you choose when it comes back on, max 3 months I think, and we don’t bill you while it’s off. articles stay. domain stays. team stays.Open Billing, choose Pause plan, and pick a restart date up to three months out. Billing stops on your next cycle, and your articles, domain, and team stay exactly as they are.

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Cancelling and pausing are different: once a plan is cancelled it cannot be paused, so you would resubscribe instead. Annual plans are prorated from the restart date, and support can confirm the exact figure before you commit. · newly drafted

billing-pause.png No alt textalt: “Billing screen with the Pause plan button highlighted”
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help.northwind.energy › billing
Pause your plan instead of cancelling
Pause billing for up to three months and keep your articles, domain, and team. Restart any time from Billing.
Frequently asked
Can I pause more than once? Do I keep my domain? What happens to annual billing?
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Pause your plan instead of cancelling
FR · Français
Suspendre votre offre au lieu de la résilier
DE · Deutsch
Tarif pausieren statt kündigen
ES · Español
Pausa tu plan en lugar de cancelarlo
IT · Italiano
Metti in pausa il piano invece di annullarlo
NL · Nederlands
Pauzeer je abonnement in plaats van opzeggen
PT · Português
Pause o seu plano em vez de cancelar
SV · Svenska
Pausa din plan i stället för att avsluta
PL · Polski
Wstrzymaj plan zamiast go anulować
TR · Türkçe
İptal etmek yerine planınızı duraklatın
JA · 日本語
解約せずにプランを一時停止する
KO · 한국어
해지 대신 요금제를 일시 중지하기
ZH · 中文
暂停套餐而不是取消
AR · العربية
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HE · עברית
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Pause your plan instead of cancelling
Billing · updated 3 days ago · 4 min read

Open Billing, choose Pause plan, and pick a restart date up to three months out. Billing stops on your next cycle, and your articles, domain, and team stay exactly as they are.

# Pause your plan instead of cancelling

> Category: Billing · Updated: 2026-07-25 · Reading time: 4 min

## How pausing works

Open **Billing**, choose **Pause plan**, and pick a restart date up to
three months out. Billing stops on your next cycle, and your articles,
domain, and team stay exactly as they are.

## Frequently asked

- Can I pause more than once? Yes, twice per calendar year.
- Do I keep my domain? Yes, including the certificate.

[Related] /help/billing/restart-a-paused-plan
[Related] /help/billing/invoices-and-vat
# Northwind Energy · llms.txt

> Home charging, plans, and billing for Northwind customers.

## Billing
- [Pause your plan instead of cancelling](/help/billing/pause-your-plan): Pause billing for up to three months.
- [Invoices and VAT](/help/billing/invoices-and-vat): Download invoices and add a VAT number.

## Charging at home
- [Home install survey](/help/charging/home-survey): What the installer checks before fitting.
# ai.txt · Northwind Energy

User-agent: *
Allow: /help/
Content-Signals: search=yes, ai-train=no, ai-input=yes

Sitemap: https://help.northwind.energy/sitemap.xml
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“Can I pause my subscription instead of cancelling?”

Yes. Open Billing, choose Pause plan, and pick a restart date up to three months out. Billing stops on your next cycle and nothing you have published changes.

How this answer was made 24 passages retrieved, 3 usedHide
Pause your plan instead of cancelling “Choose Pause plan and pick a restart date up to three months out.” 0.94 relevance Used
Pause dates and limits “Billing stops on the next cycle. Two pauses per calendar year.” 0.88 relevance Used
Restart a paused plan “Restart from the same Billing screen at any time.” 0.79 relevance Used
Cancel your account “Cancelling deletes scheduled invoices and ends access.” 0.41 relevance Not used
412 ms to first token 3 of 24 passages used 0 external sources
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