Free Plan Limits, Paywalls & Watermarks: Fixes

Free-plan caps, device or storage limits, credits used up, Pro features still locked after paying. 59 troubleshooting guides for 37 apps — what causes each error and the fixes that work, most likely first.

Video Editing

CapCut Pro Features Locked: Can't Export Without Pro (CapCut)
CapCut Watermark on Exported Video (CapCut)
Filmora Watermark Still Showing After Purchase (Filmora)
InShot Watermark Still Showing After Buying Pro (InShot)
KineMaster Watermark Still Showing After Subscribing (KineMaster)
How to Remove the KineMaster Watermark (KineMaster)
KineMaster Won't Save Project With Premium Assets (KineMaster)
LumaFusion Restore Purchases Not Working (LumaFusion)
PowerDirector Watermark Still Showing After Purchase (PowerDirector)
PowerDirector AI Watermark on Generated Content (PowerDirector)
Splice Restore Purchase Not Working (Splice)
VN Pro Not Working After Purchase (VN Video Editor)

Note Taking

Forgot Bear Note Password (Locked Notes) (Bear)
Craft Block Limit Still Showing After Upgrade (Craft)
Evernote Note Limit Reached (Free Plan) (Evernote)
Evernote Device Limit Reached (Evernote)
Notion 'Your File Is Over the 5MB Limit' Error (Notion)
Notion 'Rate Limit Reached' Error (Notion)
Ulysses Restore Purchases Not Working (Ulysses)
Forgot Ulysses Password (App Locked) (Ulysses)

Project Management

Basecamp "You've Been Blocked" Error (Basecamp)
Jira Automation Limit Reached (Rules Throttled) (Jira)
Linear Free Plan 250 Issue Limit Reached (Linear)
Monday.com Automation Actions Limit Reached (Monday.com)
Trello Board Limit on Free Plan (Can't Create Board) (Trello)
Trello Board View-Only: Free Workspace Collaborator Limit (Trello)

Password Manager

Dashlane Free Plan Ended - Can't See My Passwords (Dashlane)
Dashlane Account Suspended or Locked (Dashlane)
LastPass MFA Reset Locked Me Out (LastPass)
LastPass Free Not Working on Phone (One Device Type Limit) (LastPass)
Proton Pass Extension Keeps Logging Out or Shows Locked (Proton Pass)

Analytics

Hotjar Not Capturing All Sessions (Session Limit Reached) (Hotjar)
Plausible Blocked by Ad Blockers (How to Set Up a Proxy) (Plausible Analytics)
Plausible Pageview Limit Exceeded (Dashboard Locked) (Plausible Analytics)
PostHog Blocked by Ad Blockers (PostHog)

Cloud Storage

Photo Editing

Picsart Premium Not Working After Paying (Picsart)
How to Remove the Picsart Watermark (Picsart)
Picsart AI Generation Failed but Credits Were Used (Picsart)
VSCO Presets Missing or Locked (VSCO)

Automation

Make Using Too Many Credits (Operations) (Make)
Make RateLimitError (429 Too Many Requests) (Make)
Make DataSizeLimitExceededError (Make)

Cloud Hosting

Vercel Deployment Blocked: Commit Author Does Not Have Access (Vercel)
Vercel 413 FUNCTION_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE (4.5 MB Limit) (Vercel)
Vercel Project Paused or Account Blocked (Vercel)

Design

Canva Not Saving Changes or Editor Locked (Canva)
Canva Download Limit Reached (Canva)

Task Management

Todoist Free Plan Project Limit Reached (Todoist)
Todoist 300 Task Limit Per Project (Todoist)

Website Builder

Bubble App Offline After Reaching Workload Limit (Bubble)
Bubble 'At Its Limit for Number of Things in the Database' (Bubble)

Database

Supabase Edge Function 546 WORKER_LIMIT Error (Supabase)

Team Communication

Slack Free Plan Messages Disappearing After 90 Days (Slack)

Vpn

Surfshark Getting CAPTCHAs and Blocked Websites (Surfshark)

Writing Tools

Grammarly You're Out of Prompts Error (Grammarly)

Other kinds of errors