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poppinwithflavor
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
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Business plan to family plan. Will my data and shared folder safe?

Hi  I've been using personal standard plan and just joined business plan for free trial. But I would like to switch my subscription plan to family plan instead of keeping business one. If I cancel ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    Hi 

     

    No you wont lose anything. All you may find is a short period where things done sync (as you need to let your current plan cancel and not renew before you can add on Family). 

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kostaka
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Thank you, Mark. I have successfully downgraded. And now I am trying to sigh for Dropbox Family Plan and on the page https://www.dropbox.com/team/join/new_pair I am asked to set up my new personal account. I have always had only one account. What to do next? Shall I create another one here? Which one will be connected to Family Plan then? Thanks in advance.

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hey kostaka, how's your Monday so far? 

 

Do you still face this or did you manage to upgrade to the Family plan? 

 

Let me know, and we'll take it from there. 

  • kumobot's avatar
    kumobot
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    Hi there, 

     

    I was about to cancel my free trial for business and switch over to family plan, but then saw the notification to say that my account will no longer exist once I cancel. 

    I currently have 6 people using the business one and so the family one works for us too. If I cancel the business and move to family will this change the folder layout and permissions?

     

    Thanks!

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      4 years ago

      Hey kumobot, thanks for joining the discussion here.

       

      I just wanted to mention that you'll need to downgrade your account back to an individual one to be able to upgrade to the family plan.

       

      Once your team account has been disbanded and your account is a standalone account, you'll be able to upgrade normally to the family plan and add the members of your previous team account as needed. 

       

      This would of course change the folder layout and permissions of both your account and the accounts of your team's members as well.

       

      I hope this helps!

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