TL;DR
Go to Admin Panel → Manage
In n8n Cloud, the cancellation option is tucked inside the workspace Admin Panel under Manage/Billing.
Type CANCEL, then confirm
You'll be prompted to type the word CANCEL to confirm, then you finalize it by canceling the subscription.
Workflows remain until billing cycle ends
After you cancel, you can still open your instance and see your workflows for now, but deletion happens later (end of the current billing cycle).
Back up by copy/paste workflow JSON
Open a workflow, select everything (Cmd/Ctrl + A), copy, then create a new workflow in your self-hosted instance and paste.
In this video, I'll show you how to cancel your n8n account.
So this is if you're on the n8n Cloud plan, and you're paying monthly for this, and maybe you transferred your account to a locally hosted account. And that's exactly what I'm doing and why I'm canceling this.
Now if you want to do that, I'm gonna show you how to do that. It's pretty simple. You just go to the Admin Panel.
Watch now to learn how to cancel your N8N account seamlessly!
How to cancel your n8n Cloud plan
- Open your n8n Cloud workspace and click Admin Panel.
- Go to Manage.
- Find Cancel Plan.
- Type CANCEL (C-A-N-C-E-L), then click Confirm.
- Click the final Cancel Subscription button (the green button).
Warning
Your workspace can be deleted at the end of the current billing cycle (including workflows and credentials). Back up anything you need before that date.
After you cancel, you'll probably get the "Why are you leaving us?" survey and a contact preference question. You can pick whatever option you want and move on.
What happens after you cancel?
Once it goes through, you may see your plan listed (for example, Starter Plan) plus a "Resubscribe" option, which is a good sign the cancellation happened.
If you click Open Instance, you'll see you can still access your account and your automations for now. But n8n notes that once the cancellation period ends (end of your billing cycle), they'll delete your entire account.
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Tip
If you're switching to self-hosting, start migrating workflows early so you're not rushing right before the removal date.
How to back up workflows (quick copy/paste method)
Be sure to back up your stuff into your locally hosted instance of n8n if that's why you're cancelling. Here's the simple manual method shown in the video.
- Open an existing workflow you want to back up.
- Select everything: Cmd + A (Mac) or Ctrl + A (Windows).
- Copy: Cmd + C (Mac) or Ctrl + C (Windows).
- In your self-hosted instance, create a new workflow.
- Paste: Cmd + V (Mac) or Ctrl + V (Windows).
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Keyboard shortcuts (Mac vs. Windows)
Quick shortcuts used in the workflow copy/paste backup method.
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