If you no longer need Solr, you can cancel the add-on from the Solr Servers page. There are a couple of things to know before you do, so here is the whole process.
First, delete your servers
The cancel button only appears once all of your Solr servers are gone, so this is the first step. From the Solr Servers page, open each server and click the red Delete button at the top. You will be asked to confirm.
One important thing to understand: deleting a server permanently deletes its cores and search indexes. There is no undo. Your Omeka sites themselves are completely untouched, because Solr only ever holds a copy of your collection built for searching. All of your items, files, and pages stay safely on your site. Their searches will stop using Solr, though, so switch them back to Omeka's built-in search in the Omeka admin.
Deleting a server frees its slot, but it does not lower your bill on its own: you keep paying for each slot. If you only want fewer servers, the account owner can click Remove Unused Slots on the Solr Servers page to drop the free ones, with a prorated credit for the rest of the billing period. Or keep the slot and reuse it later with Add Solr Server.
Cancel the subscription
With your servers deleted, head back to the Solr Servers page. The person who created your team's account will see a red Cancel Solr Subscription button. Click it and confirm.
What happens next
- Solr stays on your subscription through the end of the current billing period, and the Solr Servers page shows the date it ends.
- It will not renew after that, and you will not be charged for Solr again.
- Payments you have already made are not refunded.
- You cannot add new servers while it winds down.
Your regular plan carries on as before.
Changed your mind before that date? Click Resume Solr Subscription on the Solr Servers page, and Solr carries on as if you had never cancelled.
If you change your mind
After your Solr subscription has ended, you can come back whenever you like. The Subscribe to Solr button will be waiting on the Solr Servers page, and subscribing and adding a server walks through the steps again.
Just remember that your old cores and indexes were deleted along with the servers, so you would be starting fresh: create a new server, add a core, and reconnect your site with the new connection details. Our guide on creating cores and connecting Omeka covers that part.
If you are cancelling because something is not working the way you expected, we would love the chance to help first. See getting support to reach us.