How can I remove my GitHub Education verification to buy Copilot Pro+?

[tambiyusuf]

Hi everyone,

I’m currently using GitHub Copilot Pro for free through GitHub Education (Student Developer Pack). I would like to stop using the free Copilot Pro that comes from my student eligibility and instead purchase a paid Copilot Pro+ subscription on the same account.

However, I can’t find any option in my account settings to:

• remove or revoke my GitHub Education verification, or
• cancel the free Copilot Pro access so that I can upgrade to Copilot Pro+.

I’ve read the official docs and the Copilot billing help article, but they only say that eligibility is re-evaluated monthly and that I may need to contact Education/account support. When I try to contact support from the Education page, I’m redirected here to the community.

Could someone from GitHub or the community please explain the exact steps to:

1. remove my GitHub Education verification / Student Developer Pack benefits, or
2. otherwise disable my free Copilot Pro entitlement,
   so that I can subscribe to Copilot Pro+ as a normal paid plan?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[satwiksps]

Hi @tambiyusuf,

There are a few important clarifications that might save you some trouble, as "Copilot Pro+" is not a standard GitHub tier.

1. Check if you actually need to do this

• Feature Parity: The free GitHub Copilot provided to students is functionally identical to the paid GitHub Copilot Individual plan. There is no "Pro+" version of GitHub Copilot that offers "better" coding features than what you already possess.
• Microsoft Copilot Pro: If you are looking for Copilot features in Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), that is a separate product called Microsoft Copilot Pro. You can purchase this directly from Microsoft; you do not need to cancel your GitHub student status to buy it.

2. How to remove Student Verification

If you still strictly need to remove your student status (e.g., for commercial compliance reasons), you cannot do this via settings.

1. Go to the GitHub Education Support Portal.
2. Submit a ticket explicitly requesting the manual removal of your Student Developer Pack benefits.

Only GitHub Support agents can manually revoke the education status before it expires. GitHub Support team usually solve problems within 24 hours.

[tambiyusuf]

Hi @satwiksps, thanks for the reply.

GitHub Copilot currently has Free, Pro, and Pro+ plans. As a student, I already have free Copilot Pro through the Student Developer Pack, which I understand is basically the same as the paid Pro plan.

I’d like to upgrade to the paid Pro+ plan, but on my billing/plans page there is no option to change my plan or select Pro+. Is there any way to upgrade to Pro+ from a student account?

[satwiksps]

@tambiyusuf

I consulted with my friend who has student benefts and got to know that the standard "Upgrade" button is hidden for Student Developer Pack users because the system registers you as already having a "Pro" plan (the free student version) but without an active billing instrument to charge the difference.

There are two ways to solve this:

Go to the GitHub Education Support Portal and submit a ticket explicitly requesting the manual removal of your Student Developer Pack benefits. This is safer but takes time usually 1 day at max.

OR

Forcefully go to the GitHub Pro+ billing page in the same browser you are signed in to GitHub . This might be risky as you are using external link, but faster. You may proceed to do payment at your own risk.

[tambiyusuf]

@satwiksps
Thanks for your help.

I’ve submitted a ticket to support but haven’t received a response yet, so I’ll wait for that.
If they don’t respond in the next few days, I’ll go ahead and pay from this page — I don’t expect any unexpected issues with that.

[EduTobia24]

Hello. I currently have the same problem. Did they end up responding? I want to switch from the Education Benefits Pro to the normal Pro. That is because Students Pro does not let you pay for additional premium requests. I am willing to pay 15-20$ for the Pro + some extra requests, but I don't need the Pro+ since I don't use that 1500 premium requests.

I have the need to do it as soon as possible so I fear that tickets are responded in too much time.
Thanks

[hannah156860]

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