{"id":"troubleshooting.subscription-expired-grace-days","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/subscription-expired-grace-days","category":{"id":"troubleshooting","title":"Troubleshooting & messages"},"subcategory":{"id":"licence-messages","title":"Licence, trial and sign-in messages"},"question":"What does \"Your subscription has expired. You have days of grace to renew\" mean?","alt_questions":["your subscription has expired you have days of grace to renew","subscription expired grace period storage studio","app will block at launch subscription","renew subscription before blocked"],"short_answer":"Your subscription lapsed and a short grace period counts down before the app stops opening fully. Renew in Settings → License; your files and moves are untouched.","answer_markdown":"Your subscription's paid period has ended. You get a short grace period to renew before Storage Studio stops opening fully at launch. Your files and everything you've moved are untouched either way.\n\nRenew from **Settings → License**. If you think the payment should have gone through, choose **Billing & invoices** there to check your invoices and card on your secure billing page. See [managing your subscription](/manual/manage-subscription).","answer_html":"<p>Your subscription&#39;s paid period has ended. You get a short grace period to renew before Storage Studio stops opening fully at launch. Your files and everything you&#39;ve moved are untouched either way.</p>\n<p>Renew from <strong>Settings → License</strong>. If you think the payment should have gone through, choose <strong>Billing &amp; invoices</strong> there to check your invoices and card on your secure billing page. See <a href=\"/manual/manage-subscription\">managing your subscription</a>.</p>","answer_text":"Your subscription's paid period has ended. You get a short grace period to renew before Storage Studio stops opening fully at launch. Your files and everything you've moved are untouched either way.\n\nRenew from Settings → License. If you think the payment should have gone through, choose Billing & invoices there to check your invoices and card on your secure billing page. See managing your subscription.","tags":["subscription","grace period","renew"],"related":[{"id":"troubleshooting.code-is-wrong-or-has-expired","question":"What does \"That code is wrong or has expired\" mean when I verify my email?","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/code-is-wrong-or-has-expired"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What does \"Your subscription has expired. You have days of grace to renew\" mean? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Your subscription lapsed and a short grace period counts down before the app stops opening fully. 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You get a short grace period to renew before Storage Studio stops opening fully at launch. Your files and everything you've moved are untouched either way.\n\nRenew from Settings → License. If you think the payment should have gone through, choose Billing & invoices there to check your invoices and card on your secure billing page. See managing your subscription.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/subscription-expired-grace-days"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\" aria-current=\"true\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#moves-and-copies\">Moves and copies that didn&#39;t finish</a> <span>33</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#drive-messages\">Drive connection and drive messages</a> <span>12</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#permissions\">Permissions and Full Disk Access</a> <span>5</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#background-service\">Background service, pauses and self-healing</a> <span>12</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#space-messages\">Free space and clean-up messages</a> <span>19</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#apps-messages\">Moving, offloading and restoring apps</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#undo-and-restore\">Undo, move back and Recycle Vault</a> <span>20</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#cloud-and-transfers\">Cloud accounts and transfers</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#backup-messages\">Backup messages</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#delta-messages\">Delta Drive and Delta Trust messages</a> <span>18</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#licence-messages\">Licence, trial and sign-in messages</a> <span>13</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#update-messages\">Updates and installing</a> <span>7</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#device-messages\">Bridge and device messages</a> <span>2</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#app-behaviour\">Storage Studio itself</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#getting-help\">Getting help</a> <span>3</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">What does &quot;Your subscription has expired. You have days of grace to renew&quot; mean?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> · <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#licence-messages\">Licence, trial and sign-in messages</a></p>\n<h1>What does &quot;Your subscription has expired. You have days of grace to renew&quot; mean?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Your subscription lapsed and a short grace period counts down before the app stops opening fully. Renew in Settings → License; your files and moves are untouched.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Your subscription&#39;s paid period has ended. You get a short grace period to renew before Storage Studio stops opening fully at launch. Your files and everything you&#39;ve moved are untouched either way.</p>\n<p>Renew from <strong>Settings → License</strong>. If you think the payment should have gone through, choose <strong>Billing &amp; invoices</strong> there to check your invoices and card on your secure billing page. See <a href=\"/manual/manage-subscription\">managing your subscription</a>.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/code-is-wrong-or-has-expired\">What does &quot;That code is wrong or has expired&quot; mean when I verify my email?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/subscription-expired-grace-days.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/subscription-expired-grace-days.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}