Switch to Education Fundamentals free edition

Problem

You already have a Google Workspace account but you need to switch to Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals free edition.

Environment

  • Admin console
  • Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals

Solution

  1. Log in to your Super Admin account.
  2.  Submit the Google Workspace for Education upgrade request form.
IMPORTANT: This form can also be found in this Help Center article to Upgrade to Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals.

Note: Keep in mind that approval requests are typically resolved within 14 business days.

Cause

Since a Google Workspace account already exists on a paid edition, it is not possible to start a new sign up to Google Workspace for Education as it will just show a message saying that the account is already in use. It is a matter of requesting an upgrade instead of signing up.