I already have Super Duolingo: what to check before switching to a family plan

Before switching from Super individual to a family plan, clarify what you want to do: convert your subscription into a plan that you will manage or join someone else's. It is not advisable to start a purchase or cancel anything until you distinguish between these two paths.

Improving your plan is not accepting an invitation

Changing your own individual subscription to a family one is a different process from joining someone else's plan as a guest and depends on the purchase channel.

To join another family plan as a guest, anyone who already has a paid subscription must cancel it and wait for it to expire.

If you are going to accept an invitation, check the expiration date before trying to join. Do not confuse having requested the cancellation with having reached the end of the subscription.

Joining, starting, or leaving a family plan does not affect learning progress or streak.

What to check before touching the subscription

The subscription is managed on the platform where it was originally contracted.

Subscriptions renew automatically if not canceled.

Check the management of your subscription and the renewal status on the channel where you originally contracted it. Before deciding, prepare this check:

• Account: identify the Duolingo profile you want to keep and the account with which you paid.
• Channel: review where you contracted, instead of being guided solely by the device you use now.
• Dates: note the next renewal or expiration that is shown.
• Offer: check the modality, amount, period, and conditions of any trial, without assuming your eligibility.
• Confirmation: read the financial summary before accepting and keep the receipt if you finally make the change.

If you want to convert your own plan into a family one

Review the specific conditions of the change shown for your subscription and read the confirmation before accepting. Do not interpret a missing option as an invitation to contract again through another channel.

Official help indicates that a monthly subscription from Google Play does not show the option to switch to a family plan.

If the automatic renewal has been canceled and Super has not yet expired, help indicates that the upgrade option does not appear.

In that second case, do not blindly reactivate the renewal to try to unlock the change. First, clarify whether you want to manage your own plan or wait to join someone else's.

What help says about charges

• For self-improvement on iOS, help describes immediate charging of the family plan, proportional refund by Apple, and change of renewal date; you must review the specific confirmation before accepting.
• For an eligible upgrade via Google Play, help describes proportional charging of the remaining period and retention of the original renewal date.
• For self-improvement on the web, help describes immediate charging and proportional refund within 5–10 business days, with a new renewal date; it is not an individual guarantee of reimbursement.

Do not turn these descriptions into a promise that charges will not coincide or that you will receive a specific amount. If the purchase summary does not allow you to understand the adjustment, stop and consult with the support of the contracting channel.

If you are going to join someone else's plan

Apply the cancellation and expiration requirement before joining. To consult that step separately, you have the Sharingful guide on cómo cancelar tu suscripción de Duolingo.

Only the person managing the family plan can manage the subscription and add or remove members.

Official help prohibits reselling family plan slots for money or other goods with monetary value and considers restrictions or cancellation of the plan.

For this reason, this guide does not recommend buying or selling slots. The decision you must resolve here is how to handle your current subscription, not where to contract a resold slot.

The final check

Before acting, you should be able to answer: am I going to manage the plan or join as a guest? Where is my subscription managed? When does it expire or renew? What charge and adjustment appear in the confirmation? If any answer is missing, resolve it before accepting.