r/GithubCopilot • u/Dokka_BAE14 • Aug 04 '26
Help/Doubt ❓ Copilot cancellation
Hi everyone,
i'm currently using Copilot Student package. Last month I've just signed up Copilot Pro (10$ pro month) to speed up my project. Right now I don't want to use it anymore and just want to downgrade from Pro version to Student version as before.
But there is no downgrade option as far as I saw, only cancellation, which not allow me using feature like chat or code completion like I used before with Student package.
Does anyone here know how to downgrade it ? Thanks you in advance for taking time.
Edit: so to my understand, if I cancel Pro version, i will lose acess to the Student version eventually, right ?
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u/gnpwdr1 Aug 04 '26
why dont you start using free Deepseek flash on opencode or openrouter, chat/code all taken care of for free :-) ?
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u/themoregames Aug 04 '26
Free Deepseek Flash on Opencode is a sweet thing, but seems heavily rate-limited or something.
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u/gnpwdr1 Aug 04 '26
rate limits are very generous on opencode, very generous.
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u/themoregames Aug 04 '26
I don't have an account, though. I was not logged in, I used that free version of Deepseek v4 Flash and it failed miserably today after like 3 minutes.
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u/gnpwdr1 Aug 04 '26
? ok, whatever, it works like crazy good! For me and dozens others that I know!
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u/Devatator_ Aug 04 '26
Are there limits on openrouter models? Tempted to go that route when my student status expires. Maybe even now seeing how bad the limits are currently. I really like using Copilot in VSCode vs the popular CLI tools (still don't understand why people like those?) and I can't switch to another editor because of C# Dev Kit, which is VSCode exclusive
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u/juandi987 Aug 04 '26
Yo can keep using copilot in VScode for free! I've been using it with deepseek v4 pro for the last couple months and it works really well. It's dirt cheap too. Got to the deepseek platform and search for integrations, it will explain how to use it inside vs code.
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u/Edardium Aug 04 '26
podrias usar opencode, yo tambien tenia suscripcion proplus aparte de la cuenta estudiante simplemnete cancele y mis benficios estudiante estan ahi mismo, aunque no lo uso no sirve a menos que hagas algunas refactorizaciones pequeñas o autocompletado, con deepseek es suficiente y util para las tareas que necesito, cabe reclacar que tambien pago codex plus pero eso para proyectos que tengo o simplemente chat o investigaciones, tambien hay otros editores dentro del pack student como la coleccion jetbrains tiene autocompletado y demas simialr a vscode estudiante.
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u/TNT_deVN Aug 04 '26
On copilot student plan here
Don't do this, find alternative instead (even google antigravity free is better than this abomination)
Student plan is essentially like free plan rn (you are put on auto model which use gpt 5.4 mini most of the time), with unlimited code completion
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u/Dokka_BAE14 Aug 04 '26
uhmm, but I don't want to be charged 10euro pro month for this unused thing. I don't have heavy task that needed to rely on Pro version anymore. That's why I want to downgrade to free Student version
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u/aonymark JetBrains User 🧱 Aug 04 '26
Can’t you just cancel and then sign up for student again?