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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
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.
'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 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.
RickB710, Hey, did you resolve this problem? I also need to remove a whole year of posts and do not want to delete one at a time.
StephDude You would have to use a retention deletion policy or Search for and delete chat messages in Teams - Microsoft Purview (compliance) | Microsoft Docs
- Thanks, this seems to be the only way to bulk cleaning up in General channel.
- ChrisWebbTech I am new to the support of Teams. This problem has not been resolved. I have people tell me various options and they were either not applicable to me or what I have already tried.
If this has stumped the community is there a way to get to those in the know?
Please let me know.
Thanks.I think you can delete now that STream is no longer used....
Select the video in the Posts chat, Open in One Drive, then delete from there.
