Switching guide · Updated September 2026

How to cancel Hostinger without losing your domain, email or customers

Short answer: don’t cancel first. Build the replacement, check whether your email came with the plan, point your www address to the new site, then turn off auto-renewal. Canceling deletes the plan’s data.

Step by step

  1. Build the replacement before you cancel

    Hostinger's help center warns that ending a service permanently deletes its data, so have the new site ready and download anything you want to keep first. Enter your current address on the simple a site. move page and review a private draft built from your public pages.

  2. Check your business email

    Hostinger notes that canceling a hosting plan that came with a free email trial also cancels that email. If your email runs on the plan, move it (or buy email separately) before you cancel. Source

  3. Point your www address to the new site

    Change only the website record for www. If your email lives elsewhere, leave its records (MX) alone so your inbox keeps working. Check the new site on your own address before going further.

  4. Turn off auto-renewal

    In the Hostinger dashboard, open Billing, then Subscriptions, and switch off auto-renewal for the plan. It stays active to the end of the period you paid for, then ends. Source

  5. Inside 30 days? Ask for the refund

    Hostinger's refund policy covers hosting products canceled within 30 days of purchase, through the Refund button on your paid invoices. Domains are generally not refundable. A refunded service ends right away and its data is erased. Source

What it costs to stay

Hostinger’s low intro prices require a multi-year prepayment; the Premium website plan renews at about $10.99 a month, as listed in May 2026. Site Builder Report. simple a site. Personal is $129 once with covered hosting at $0; the domain is separate either way. Compare 1, 3 and 5 years.

Covered hosting is for ordinary informational and service-business websites. Stores, memberships, and custom booking systems may need another solution.

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