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 "website": "https://slab.com",
 "domains": [
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 "summary": "A Slab admin cancels on the Billing page: Cancel under Danger zone, give a reason, Confirm. You can keep writing until the next billing date; then all posts become read-only. Gotcha: deleting the team (only after cancelling) deletes all content, so export Markdown or Docx first.",
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     "do": "Open the Billing page (in Team settings, click Billing in the left sidebar)",
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     "do": "Click the Cancel button under Danger zone",
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     "do": "Cancel any active subscription first: in Team settings, click Billing, then the Cancel subscription button under Danger zone",
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    {
     "do": "Export your content if you need it",
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    {
     "do": "Click your team name in the top-left corner of the sidebar, then Team settings in the dropdown menu",
     "expect": null
    },
    {
     "do": "Click Import & Export in the left sidebar and scroll down to the Danger zone",
     "expect": "Delete team"
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    {
     "do": "Click the Delete team button and confirm",
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    "b13",
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    "b16"
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   "channel": "sales_contract",
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    {
     "do": "Contact Slab's sales team at sales@slab.com and follow the renewal and termination terms in your Enterprise agreement",
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  {
   "type": "free_plan",
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    "b17"
   ]
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  {
   "type": "downgrade",
   "what": "Move from Business to Startup: click Edit next to your plan on the Billing page, pick the plan and a monthly or annual option, then Save. Premium integrations stop working on Startup",
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   "type": "seat_reduction",
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   "how": "An admin clicks the team name in the top left, then Team Settings, the Import & Export tab, and Download next to Published Posts; choose a file type and which kinds of topics, then click Download. A download link arrives by email",
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  "access_until": "Editing continues until your next billing date; after that, all posts are read-only",
  "data_kept": "Posts stay read-only after the billing date. Deleting the team deletes all content; Slab doesn't state a retention period",
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   "Writing and editing: all posts become read-only after the next billing date",
   "All content, if you delete the team",
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  "retention_step": "Slab asks for a reason for canceling before you click Confirm",
  "tips": [
   "Cancel the subscription before deleting the team: the team can't be deleted while a subscription is active",
   "Export before deleting the team: all content is deleted",
   "Slab's Terms make you responsible for exporting your content before your account ends",
   "Plans can be paid by card or ACH invoice"
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   "id": "b2",
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   "quote": "Click the Cancel button under the Danger zone on the Billing page.",
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  {
   "id": "b3",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
   "title": "Managing your subscription",
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  {
   "id": "b4",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
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  {
   "id": "b5",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
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  {
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   "supports": "no refunds otherwise"
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   "id": "b8",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
   "title": "Delete your Slab team",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "In Team settings, click on Billing in the left sidebar",
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  {
   "id": "b9",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
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   "quote": "if you still have an active subscription, you must cancel it before deleting your team",
   "supports": "cancel before deleting"
  },
  {
   "id": "b10",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
   "title": "Delete your Slab team",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Under Danger zone, click the Cancel subscription button",
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  {
   "id": "b11",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
   "title": "Delete your Slab team",
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   "quote": "Click your team name in the top-left corner of the sidebar",
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  {
   "id": "b12",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
   "title": "Delete your Slab team",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Click Team settings in the dropdown menu",
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  {
   "id": "b13",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
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  {
   "id": "b14",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
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  {
   "id": "b15",
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  {
   "id": "b16",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/6630789-delete-your-slab-team",
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   "id": "b18",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
   "title": "Managing your subscription",
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  {
   "id": "b19",
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  {
   "id": "b20",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
   "title": "Managing your subscription",
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  {
   "id": "b21",
   "url": "https://help.slab.com/en/articles/3412482-managing-your-subscription",
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   "id": "b22",
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   "id": "b24",
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   "id": "b27",
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   "id": "b28",
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   "id": "b31",
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