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Delete Posts from General Channel
Hi All, I know that I can not delete a general channel but I would like to delete posts to clean it up. Currently, when I click the "..." on a post the delete option is not available. I have read ...
- Still works for me, use an in-private browser window, if not then go to your Office 365 admin portal, and click Teams admin, and messaging policies. If it still doens't show anything, something is up with your DNS / network for your ISP / Region
There is an option in messsging policies In the Teams admin center that allow owners to delete messages in a Team. That needs enabled and slot need to make sure it’s enabled on the specific teams settings tab. Once both of these are on you should be able to delete all messages on that team assuming you are an owner.
Hi Chris,
Could you be more specific as to where the settings are to enable an Owner to delete threads in Posts tabs? I have gone through all settings in both 365 Admin for Teams and the specific Team itself, and I still do not have the ability to clear the conversations.
For some context, a small group of three of us are familiarizing ourselves with Teams before we roll it out to our company. We set up a Team site that we intend to use for a set of projects. On the General tab, there has become a very lengthy string of actions we've made and test meetings and conversations, all in our process of checking out Teams and getting the site set the way we want it for the project group. I'd rather not have the Posts tabs cluttered with our changing this, renamed that, created this, made that person an owner, test, replying to test, etc. Further, how do I disable all the action notifications (changes, etc)?
As an owner in Teams, and the owner of our company, I am baffled by the difficulty in cleaning up all this clutter. It's overwhelming and is not a good look for our professional presentation of Teams to our people.
Please help!
Thank you,
Bill
- Messaging policy first need to be enabled: https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/policies/messaging/
'Owners can delete sent messages' is one that enables the ability to set at the Team level that owners can delete messages per Team setting.
It takes time for this to apply, but without it, the options in the Manage Team > Settings Tab will not appear.ChrisWebbTech Hi Chris, I followed this thread when I ran into the same issue of not being able to grant a user the ability to delete their own posts from a teams group. After following these steps, it seems that the user is only able to select the "Delete" option when using Classic Teams and not New Teams. While a minor inconvenience, I was wondering if there is a reason these changes don't reflect in the New Teams? Is there another setting that needs to be addressed/selected to apply to the entirety of the users account?
ChrisWebbTech Thanks for all the info. I have just enabled myself as admin / owner to delete sent messages in my different Teams.
BUT do you know how much time I have to wait to see the "delete..." option in the "..."? I have been waiting for > 20 min... Thanks
ChrisWebbTech I have enabled my messaging policy to allow owner deletes. I have also enabled owner deletes on the site. I was able to delete several messages in the General channel except for the last two.
On those when I click the ellipses the delete option is there but greyed out. I added a test message afterwards and it too has the word delete greyed out.
Any ideas what I need to do to delete these messages?
Thanks.
