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Downgrade Plan - From 10$ back to 5$ a month plan, can this be done?

Posted December 28, 2013 18.2k views
Hi There ;) I would like to resize back to 5$ a month plan, can this be done?? Actually I have the: 2GB Ram 40GB SSD Disk Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64 Here you can see what I see: http://s22.postimg.org/vk0z80y0h/digital_ocean.png Thanks in advance for andy help. Best regards, A.B ;)
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dougf August 15, 2014

Was there ever an answer to the above question?
“Cannot create a droplet with a smaller disk (20GB) than the image (40GB).”

I am trying to downgrade a server to a smaller instance and I am receiving the same message… The image I have is only using 4GB of the instances space.

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rhuyssen October 22, 2014

I recently wrote a tutorial with instructions on how to downgrade/downsize droplets.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-downgrade-digitalocean-droplets

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mit686 June 30, 2016

It’s a nightmare on Digital Ocean. But easy thing on RamNode. That’s why I’m switching to them.

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pablo December 29, 2013
Unfortunately, that option is not available "yet." You can help bring it to fruition by voting for it on DigitalOcean's Customer Feedback Forum: downgrade option, not just upgrade.
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sblnog April 18, 2014
Because developers can't develop everything in the world all at once. The voting gives the developers an insight as to what their customers want/need and subsequently are able to give the project a priority.
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matthew354318 June 6, 2014
Downgrading should be an option a long as the used hard drive storage is small enough to make downgrading possible. It's possible to resize partitions so why not allow this on DigitalOcean droplets. This is a must needed feature.
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jarosciak October 16, 2014
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212nath December 29, 2013
You would need to create a snapshot of the droplet, then destroy it and create a new $5 droplet based off the snapshot you just took.
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daniellekwint March 21, 2014
why must we vote for that ?
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asb June 6, 2014
@matthew: You can downgrade you droplet size. Unfortunately, it is slightly more involved than using the "Fast Upgrade" feature. If you take a snapshot of your droplet, you can restore it using any size plan.
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