Downgrading question

Bob.

I am considering downgrading to Premier from Home and Business as I use less and less of the H&B features.

I have 180 days left today on H&B. If I buy and activate a Premier license today, when will my H&B change? On day 181 or immediately?

And any caveats on downgrading? Loss of anything other than business categories, some reports and rental properties?

Thanks!

Jon

Years ago I did a downgrade from Premiere to Deluxe, and IIRC the change in subscription level was immediate.

Bob.

Thanks Jon. I'll see if a mod replies to see if that has changed. If not, I'll wait until last minute perhaps.

Quicken Kristina

Hello @Bob.,

Thank you for reaching out! To answer your question, when you downgrade, it takes effect immediately, and the difference in cost is made up as a prorated extension on your subscription. See this article for more information: https://www.quicken.com/support/managemyaccount/#section-windows-2 .

If I buy and activate a Premier license today, when will my H&B change?

You would want to manage your account and change your plan. Buying a Premier license could result in you having 2 Quicken subscriptions, instead of changing your Business and Personal subscription to Premier. Here are the instructions from the article I linked above:

Instructions:

You can downgrade your Quicken membership in the My Account section of Quicken.com.

1. Log in with your Quicken ID (email address).
2. On the left, select Subscriptions.
3. Select Manage Subscription.
4. Select Change Plan. 
5. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the change. 

And any caveats on downgrading? Loss of anything other than business categories, some reports and rental properties?

You would no longer be able to assign business specific categories, create invoices, mark accounts as business accounts, run business-related reports, and track mileage.

I hope this helps!

Bob.

Thanks @Quicken Kristina . Glad I asked.

So, I first change plans online. Then can enter a new license code purchased elsewhere in the program, yes? When does the prorate happen? In other words, if on Jan 1 I change plans and the prorate happens and moves things to more than 180 days, I would not be able to enter the license key until it decrements down to less than 180 days. Correct?

I think you know me by now I try to be cautious when making major changes, so want to be sure.

I think at this point of retirement I'll get by without those features.

Thanks.

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for your reply,

Based on the article, the prorate should happen immediately. You are correct; if the prorate pushes your subscription past 180 days out, then you would not be able to extend it until you're back in the last 6 months of your subscription again. See the Extend section of our article for more information: https://www.quicken.com/support/managemyaccount/#section-windows-3 .

Thank you!

Bob.

Gotcha. Thanks.

Last 2 questions, not covered in the article.

If I ever need to restore from a H&B backup to a now downgraded Premier, will it work? And, although I expect to discontinue using Windows I might not. Would I have to do this separately for each platform or only in one?

I think that will have me covered to plan my moves.

Thanks.

Bob.

@Quicken Kristina Comments on above? Since posting, I thought downgrading must affect both platforms so I would expect both to change on changing subscription.

But what about backups? Hopefully never needed, but just in case I'd like to know what to expect.

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for your replies,

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20528854#Comment_20528854

When you downgrade, it just removes access to the Business and Personal specific features. Your backups would still work; they'd just have any business features that you had been using disabled (so you wouldn't be able to view invoices or specific reports, for instance).

Quicken Classic for Mac and Quicken Classic for Windows are both covered under the same subscription. Downgrading one downgrades both.

Thank you!

Bob.

Perfect and better than expected :) Thanks Kristina.

mmpunch

Bob, I have used Quicken “deluxe” for many many years. I also track all my investments (3 separate Brokers) with the Deluxe version.

Bob.

Thanks. I have been Home and Business for many years as I had side businesses I paid taxes on and kept deductions. Been two years, maybe three since I had to itemize. So I think Premier will do everything I need. Just going to cut over clean for 2026. Needed a few questions answered so I didn't have issues.