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How to permanently delete a Microsoft Teams channel
Hi there, I am aware that once you delete a teams channel, it gets put into a 'place' where it can be restored by end users for 21 days. But for teams that have a high channel usage is there...
- Hi, did a search but it seems as we still need to wait for an option to ”hard delete”. Not mentioned in the docs either. Noticed several UV requests and this is one of them.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35662282-permanently-delete-a-channel
ChristianBergstrom Thanks, Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything 🙂
Stay safe out there!
I have just come across the same issue where a client created a channel called Service as a shared channel instead of a private channel. Deleting the channel will take 21 days to purge, preventing them from creating a new "service" channel as a private channel. I decided to restore the deleted channel. Once the original "service" channel was restored, I renamed the channel in teams and then re-deleted the channel. I was then able to create a new channel with the same name, "Service", and make it a private channel upon creation. The old shared "service" channel can now sit in the deleted stage 2 recycling bin and be purged after 21 days.