1 ---
2 title: Downgrading to a free organization plan
3 redirect_from:
4 - /downgrading-to-a-free-org-plan
5 ---
6
7 import shared from '~/shared.js'
8
9 <Note>
10
11 **Note:** This article only applies to users of the public npm registry.
12
13 </Note>
14
15 If you are a subscriber to the npm Teams product (you have a paid organization) and you are an owner of the organization, then you can downgrade from npm Teams to a free organization. When you downgrade from a paid to a free organization, you and your organization members will lose the ability to install and publish private packages at the end of your last paid billing cycle. Your private packages will _not_ be made publicly visible when you downgrade to a free plan.
16
17 **Note:** If you would like to pay for fewer seats, you can remove members from your organization by following the steps in "[Removing members from your organization][remove-members]".
18
19 1. <>{shared['user-login'].text}</>
20
21 <>{shared['user-login'].image}</>
22
23 2. <>{shared['account-settings'].text}</>
24
25 <>{shared['account-settings'].image}</>
26
27 3. In the left sidebar, click the name of the organization you want to downgrade.
28
29 <>{shared['organization-selection'].image}</>
30
31 4. <>{shared['organization-billing-tab'].text}</>
32
33 <>{shared['organization-billing-tab'].image}</>
34
35 5. <>{shared['billing-downgrade-selection'].text}</>
36
37 <>{shared['billing-downgrade-selection'].image}</>
38
39 6. <>{shared['billing-downgrade-confirm'].text}</>
40
41 <>{shared['billing-downgrade-confirm'].image}</>
42
43 [remove-members]: removing-members-from-your-org