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Starting 26th August 2024, we’ll begin deleting messages and files more than one year old from free workspaces on a rolling basis.

Also note that you already can’t see messages older than 90 days on a free workspace, but they’re there if you upgrade. This change means if you do upgrade, data older than 1 year will be gone.

Existing free workspaces that upgrade to a paid subscription before 26th August 2024 won’t be affected.

I think the approach will be to upgrade, export the data and then cancel subscription.

I don't mean cancel as to leave slack but to be able to revert to the new free usage policy while keeping previous data.

According to their FAQ, you can export on a free plan

There are also a variety of solutions for converting the exports in different ways. Here's mine: https://github.com/akkartik/slack-archive

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