Solo deletes everything Nov 30: a final-week verification checklist

Solo's Shutdown FAQ is blunt:

All Solo websites and data will be deleted on November 30, 2026. There will be no way to recover your site, account, or data after that date.

The soloist.ai homepage says the same cutoff: "Solo will cease operations on Nov 30, 2026." The banner asks you to download before that day.

This post is not another walkthrough of the download button. It is a verification checklist for the final week. Open each item, tick it only when you can prove it, and leave anything Solo's pages do not spell out alone.

1. Solo gives no time of day

Neither the Shutdown FAQ nor the homepage names an hour, a time zone, or a "end of business" window for 30 Nov. Plan as if the day itself is the hard stop. Finish the checks below before 30 Nov starts in your own time zone. Do not assume you have until midnight somewhere else.

2. Confirm you can still log in and re-download

Solo's steps are:

1. Log in to Solo.
2. Click the menu at the top right, and select Account Settings.
3. In the Account Settings popup, click Download Website Data.

If that path fails now, you have days to fix login, not minutes on the 30th. Download a fresh ZIP even if you already have one. Keep two copies in different places.

3. Open the ZIP and name what is inside

The FAQ says what you should receive:

You'll receive a ZIP file containing an HTML export of your website and a CSV file with links to your image assets, as well as your contact form and newsletter submissions.

Check, on disk:

• At least one HTML page that opens in a browser (start with whatever looks like the home page).
• A CSV of image links.
• Contact form submission data.
• Newsletter submission data.

If any of those four is missing, download again before you move on. Solo does not document exact file names, so match by content (HTML vs CSV of URLs vs rows of form answers), not by a guessed filename.

4. Confirm every image is on your machine

Solo is explicit:

Image source files are not included in the ZIP. Download each image individually from the links in the CSV file before the shutdown date on November 30, 2026.

Open the image-links CSV. Count the distinct URLs. Download each file into a local folder. Spot-check that the files open with the network off. Then open your local HTML offline and confirm the pages show those images once the markup points at the local files (or your tooling did).

A ZIP that "worked" but left images only as remote links is not a complete export. After 30 Nov Solo does not promise those remote links will keep working.

5. Park form and newsletter data off any public host

The same ZIP includes contact form and newsletter submissions. That is other people's names, emails and messages. Keep those CSVs on your computer and in a private backup. Do not upload them next to index.html on a free static host. Anyone who finds the path can download them.

Confirm the files open in a spreadsheet and that recent submissions you remember are present.

6. Confirm the domain move, if Solo Domains sold it to you

If you bought the domain through Solo Domains (not IONOS), the FAQ says you must migrate it to Name.com. The steps Solo lists:

1. Create a Name.com account, or log in.
2. Complete Registrant, Administrative and Technical contacts on Name.com's Account Contacts page. Name.com will not accept the transfer until those are filled in.
3. Copy your Account Code from the top-right of the Name.com dashboard.
4. Email that code to [email protected]. Solo transfers the account and emails you when it is done.
5. Add billing information at Name.com so renewals work.

Final-week checks:

• You have the email from Solo saying the transfer completed, or Name.com already shows the domain.
• You can change DNS at the registrar you now control.
• If the domain was from IONOS or another registrar, Solo's Name.com path does not apply. Log in at that registrar instead and confirm you still can.

Finish the registrar move first. Point DNS only after you control the domain.

7. Refunds are already calculated (no action item)

For active Solo Pro or Grow subscriptions, Solo says it will issue a prorated refund for the unused portion of the current billing period, "calculated as of October 1, 2026," back to the original payment method, with no action required. That is background, not a final-week checklist step. Do not wait on a refund before you export.

8. One-pass sign-off before 30 Nov

Print or copy this and tick only what you can show someone else:

• [ ] Fresh ZIP downloaded this week.
• [ ] HTML pages open locally.
• [ ] Image-links CSV present; every linked image saved locally and opens offline.
• [ ] Contact form and newsletter CSVs present and stored privately (not on a public host).
• [ ] Domain: Name.com transfer done (Solo Domains), or registrar login confirmed (everyone else).
• [ ] Second copy of the ZIP and image folder somewhere that is not only your laptop.

If a box is empty, that is the work for today. Solo's pages do not offer a recovery path after 30 Nov.

If you want a free pass over a Solo-style export (HTML plus image links), our tool runs in the browser here: https://site-export-rescue.pages.dev/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=solo-nov-30-final-week-verification-checklist

Written with AI assistance from Solo's Shutdown FAQ and soloist.ai homepage, and checked against them.