About Configuration and Management : Downgrade limitations
  
Downgrade limitations
After using flexible licensing to upgrade, you cannot return the appliance to a lower model using the Management Console; however, you can use the CLI to perform a downgrade operation.
At the system prompt, enter these commands where <spec> is the lower VCX model:
no service enable
hardware spec activate <spec>
service enable
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