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connerwhiteside
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Feb 12, 2020

Delete Received Messages in Private Chat

Hi all,   I've done a bit of research and it seems it's not possible, but I've found nothing definitive so wanted to confirm with the wider community!    Is it possible for either a Teams Admin/O...
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    ChrisWebbTech
    Feb 13, 2020
    Past messages can be over 24 hours but only by retention policy. It’s not currently possible to delete individual / selected received messages in chats.
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itpty507
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Dec 19, 2022

connerwhiteside 

They have "FINALLY" enabled this feature after so long! I got the update today in my teams, now you can delete private messages/chats entirely without doing one by one. 

 

Microsoft really have to work on getting better and faster developers to get things done on time, not after years and years of waiting.

 

They told me once that there was no way to mute people from messaging on the Feed Channel, and I found the way by mistake a few days after their response. They didn't even know the option was there. I emailed their Indians developers with the work around and months later the option was removed from Teams due to my discovery.

 

Bottom line is, if you find the workaround and had contacted them for assistance, DON'T tell them or the option will be removed.

 

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