# Downgrading a sponsorship

You can downgrade your sponsorship to a lower tier.

**When you downgrade a sponsorship, the change will become effective on your next billing date**. There are no refunds for payments for GitHub Sponsors.

## Downgrading a sponsorship

1. On GitHub, navigate to the sponsored account's profile.
2. Navigate to your sponsorship dashboard for the account.
   * If you're sponsoring a personal account, under the user's name, click **Sponsoring**.

     ![Screenshot of the sidebar of @octocat's profile page. A button, labeled with a heart icon and "Sponsoring", is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/profile/sponsoring-button.png)
   * If you're sponsoring an organization, to the right of the organization's name, click **<svg version="1.1" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="octicon octicon-heart-fill" aria-label="heart-fill" role="img"><path d="M7.655 14.916v-.001h-.002l-.006-.003-.018-.01a22.066 22.066 0 0 1-3.744-2.584C2.045 10.731 0 8.35 0 5.5 0 2.836 2.086 1 4.25 1 5.797 1 7.153 1.802 8 3.02 8.847 1.802 10.203 1 11.75 1 13.914 1 16 2.836 16 5.5c0 2.85-2.044 5.231-3.886 6.818a22.094 22.094 0 0 1-3.433 2.414 7.152 7.152 0 0 1-.31.17l-.018.01-.008.004a.75.75 0 0 1-.69 0Z"></path></svg> Sponsoring**.
3. Optionally, to manage a sponsorship on behalf of an organization, on the right side of the page, use the **Sponsoring as** dropdown menu, then click the organization.
4. On the right side of the page, beside "Select a tier", review the sponsorship tiers available. If more than one type of tier is available, "Monthly" tiers are shown by default. Click **One-time** to show the tiers for one-time payments.
5. To the right of the tier you want, click **Select**.

   Alternatively, if you want to select a custom amount, enter the sponsorship amount in the text field provided, then click **Select**.
6. Click **Update sponsorship**.

For information about *canceling* a sponsorship, see [Canceling a sponsorship](/en/billing/how-tos/pay-third-parties/cancel-sponsorship).