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OP here - (in my story) the Teams account creator did not do this out of cruelty, they just didn't know this is what Dropbox does. I imagine very few people realize that this is how it works.

What should've happened is this: revoke my access to the team folder and downgrade my account back to Free. (Then, annoy me and refuse to sync until I go down to 2GB of usage.) That would be good design.

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Reading the Dropbox help page, it seems like the situation might be worse if you were a paying customer: "If you convert your existing account to Teams, the balance you have remaining on your Pro subscription will be credited to the Teams subscription.". The language is pretty clear that an individual to Teams conversion is final, irrevocable.

That in itself is okay, but then the conversion mail should have come with big, red warning notices; not the bland email you seem to have received.

If you find a way around this, please post the link. I have the problem from the team side. I don't want to do any damage to anyone, but I don't want to share anymore either.

In the meantime you should make sure that people you're sharing Teams with create a fresh free Dropbox account for that purpose, not their personal one. If they really need some folders on their personal account too I guess they could share a folder or two with their personal account?

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