How to switch between personal github copilot subscription and business seat?

[thorrester]

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Hey. As the title suggests, I'm having an issue with my copilot subscription and it's integration in vscode. I first received a "Your Copilot subscription has expired" notification in vscode. When I logged on to github, I saw that I was assigned a business seat in my company's copilot license (we just activated it), which isn't an issue. The issue is that I no longer see my previous personal copilot subscription, and I can't seem to access it on vscode, or switch between the business subscription and my personal subscription. Is there a way to do this at the moment? Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Akash1134]

Hi @thorrester ,

Right now, Copilot doesn’t support switching between multiple subscriptions (for example, a personal Copilot Pro plan and a Copilot Business seat) in the same editor. When your organization assigns you a seat, that subscription takes priority, and your personal subscription isn’t shown in VS Code.

If you’d prefer to keep using your personal subscription, you’d need to either:

• Ask your org admin to remove you from the business seat so your personal plan becomes active again, or
• Use separate accounts/profiles in VS Code (one signed into your personal GitHub account, one into your org account).

For more details, see our docs here:

• About GitHub Copilot subscriptions
• Managing your Copilot subscription

[axellpadilla]

Definitely not ideal..

[lindelleric]

Is this still the case or have you fixed it?

[LukeCarrier]

Still the case!

[FrederickEngelhardt]

jeez...guess we need a VM.

[dmussaku]

Would have been nice to give the option of exiting the Org's copilot to the user, rather than wait for admin

[ElijahRomer]

@Akash1134 Is there any plan to update this? Separate accounts creates a big headache, not to mention the splitting of metrics and connections.

[LukeCarrier]

It seems particularly egregious now that GitHub have announced a formal partnership with Anomaly to deliver a good experience for Copilot models in OpenCode. It is also really badly signposted to users, and effectively constitutes theft of the premium requests purchased by users as part of a Copilot subscription.

It boggles the mind that this is still a problem.

[treykane]

Its kinda crazy that this hasn't been changed in 2026... I can't use Co-Pilot for personal projects using the business account... Why would you even have this work in this way?!?

[boj]

Agreed. I can't burn company tokens on personal projects if that's what takes priority. I'd be happy to shovel money at GitHub for a separate personal account subscription, yet here we are.

[arvinsim]

Yes, I have the same problem. Now I think I have to create a new account to separate my usage for my personal projects and work.

[TheLastAirsickLowlander]

Is there a way i can get a refund for my personal license then? That is a huge waste of reasources, if this is the case

[nkuehnle]

Dispute it with your bank. Like, seriously! Do it.

[lijo1980]

This is seriously insane - for the whole month i wont be able to use my personal subscription and it will go waste?

[lijo1980]

I paid $39 on my personal account less than 10 days ago - the overall usage around $8 - I was refunded $10

[joshbowman]

I've been using copilot heavily at work and thought about doing a side project with it this evening... only to find that I can't because apparently I can't have a separate subscription for at home use vs at work use? Could someone at github kindly write up a feature request for separate subscriptions and then... just have copilot implement it for you?

[lucasandre22]

this is a shame for them and it does not make any sense, they would get money from two subscriptions from the same account in your case.

[wilcode]

Still an issue on 30th May 2026 :(

[kalpeshdhotre]

I have found solution,
Just go to extension list ->
click settings icon ⚙️ -> click account preferences -> and select your account and Done! 💥

check screenshot

[switschel]

That's only a solution for those who have multiple github accounts which in my opinion is a no-go.

[arvinsim]

I am still baffled why there is no way to have multiple subscriptions. I have to essentially create a new Github account if I want to have separation.

I would have appreciated it if they made it very clear because their documentation recommends

using only one personal account to manage both personal and professional repositories.

[lucasandre22]

Well, I was going to make a new subscription for personal use in my account which already have a business subscription. Since there is no way, I'll get codex instead. Good job github!

[SuddenlyPineapple]

It would be nice to at least have possibility to sum up tokens first and buy additional one, cuz f.ex. I've wasted all tokens assigned by organization and I also would want to use it for my personal use and right now I cannot use any of those tokens. I also (as a teacher) have some Copilot Educational tokens, which I also cannot use cuz organizational license takes priority, like what the heck? This make Copilot unusable for me even If I would want to, also doing separate account for me would be nightmare cuz I would need to create access for all repos to second account, which is kinda tedious task... Ahhh why cannot you vibecode such a simple feature...? Like seriously Opus would smash that feature in a few minutes with right prompt...

[steinybot]

This is a major legal problem. I was using my personal Copilot usage for all my personal projects and never had a business seat. Then unbeknownst to me, my org admin had allocated me a business seat. I didn't notice for a long time until I expected to have started hitting limits then I saw that it has automatically switched me over to this business seat without my approval. Now my employer has a fair claim to all that Intellectual Property that I developed in my own time because I was technically using company resources even though I did not consent to it or do that myself.