How to Cancel Wix Premium (2026 Guide) — Escape the Website Builder That Holds Your Site Hostage
Updated 2026-02-28 · 5 min read
Wix Premium plans range from $17 to $159/month — and here's the kicker: you cannot export your Wix website. Unlike WordPress or Squarespace, there's no way to download your site and move it somewhere else. If you cancel, your site disappears. This is by design. Here's how to cancel and how to migrate your content before you do.
🔒 The Lock-In Problem
Wix uses a proprietary builder — your site only exists inside Wix. No export, no download, no migration tool. If you cancel, you'd need to rebuild your entire site from scratch on another platform. This is the #1 reason people stay on Wix even when they're unhappy with it.
Click Cancel Plan (look for small text, not a prominent button)
They'll show warnings about what you lose — review carefully
Confirm cancellation
⚠️ Domain Name Warning
If you got a "free domain" with your Wix plan, canceling means you lose that domain unless you transfer it out first. Go to Domains → your domain → Transfer Away from Wix and move it to Namecheap, Cloudflare, or Google Domains before canceling.
Before You Cancel — Save Your Content
📦 Manual Content Export Checklist
Blog posts: Copy each post's text and images manually (or use a web scraper)
Images/media: Download all images from Media Manager
Product data: Export products as CSV from Wix Stores
Customer data: Export contacts from Wix CRM
Page content: Copy text from each page
SEO data: Record your page titles, descriptions, and URLs
Wix Refund Policy
14-day money-back guarantee on new Premium plans
No refunds after 14 days
Annual plans: Cancel anytime but no prorated refund — you get access until the end of the year
Monthly plans: Cancel before renewal date
Domain purchases: Non-refundable (transfer it instead)
Squarespace — beautiful templates, $16/month, and you CAN export your content
Carrd — $19/YEAR for simple sites (landing pages, portfolios)
Google Sites — completely free, good enough for basic sites
Notion + Super.so — write in Notion, publish as website, $12/month
Framer — modern website builder with free tier, can export code
Wix's "Free" Plan After Canceling
If you cancel Premium, your site reverts to Wix's free plan: Wix ads on your site, no custom domain (yourname.wixsite.com), limited storage, and no e-commerce. For most businesses, this is unusable. It's essentially a hostage situation — pay or your site becomes worthless.
Delete Your Wix Account Entirely
Cancel all Premium plans first
Transfer any domains you want to keep
Go to Account Settings → Close Account
This permanently deletes all your sites and data
🔍 Find All Your Website and SaaS Subscriptions
Wix, Squarespace, hosting, domains, email services — web subscriptions add up fast. Scan your statement to find them all.