# Free model usage while having premium

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 10, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983 "2025-03-10T15:00:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![spasmex97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@spasmex97](https://forum.cursor.com/u/spasmex97)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983/1 "2025-03-10T15:00:07Z")

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i have standart premium account recently bought, but when i still have some simple questions in order to get more information, not creating one, i want to use my free requests instead of premium fast requests, i tried to activate only free models in settings but it still counted as fast request, any ideas how to enable just free models while in premium

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983/2 "2025-03-10T16:12:42Z")

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Hey, which models did you use? You can check the list of models here. It includes both premium and non-premium models. Maybe you used a premium model.

> **[Cursor – Models](https://docs.cursor.com/settings/models)**
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> Switch between AI models in Cursor using Chat, Composer, Tab, or Agent with different pricing tiers

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**Author:** ![spasmex97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@spasmex97](https://forum.cursor.com/u/spasmex97)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983/3 "2025-03-10T16:30:18Z")

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gpt-4o-mini and cursor small those i have selected only

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983/4 "2025-03-10T16:38:18Z")

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Did you change models in the existing chat? Maybe the model change didn’t occur despite the visible change. Create a new chat and check.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/free-model-usage-while-having-premium/61983/5 "2026-06-18T10:32:34Z")

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