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SarahP
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Switching from monthly to annual billing - paying with PayPal

I have searched articles and none seem to be able to help.   I'm on Dropbox Plus, with monthly billing. Wish to switch to annual to save a few £.   When I go to my Billing settings, view ...
Billing
Payments
  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    11 months ago

    Hi SarahP 

     

    Aha! You are on PayPal. 

     

    So the only way to do this is to cancel the PayPal subscription. Wait for it to expire and downgrade your account (dont worry, data is safe!) and then upgrade again either via PayPal or the website to the annual plan.

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SarahP
Explorer | Level 4

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Mark
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11 months ago

Hi SarahP 

 

Aha! You are on PayPal. 

 

So the only way to do this is to cancel the PayPal subscription. Wait for it to expire and downgrade your account (dont worry, data is safe!) and then upgrade again either via PayPal or the website to the annual plan.

  • SarahP's avatar
    SarahP
    Explorer | Level 4
    11 months ago

    thankyou! will do that. Could be useful to have that in the how-to article as well..

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