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SGP-JCFC
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Feb 27, 2020
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How to remove (not show) all deleted posts in a channel?

We just finished our tests on a TEAM. We want to leave the channel GENERAL for important information that we as OWNERS will like to post. May I know Is it currently possible to remove (not show) dele...
  • ChrisWebbTech's avatar
    ChrisWebbTech
    Feb 28, 2020
    The deleted posts will permanently go away after some time. I don’t remember the limit off top of my head but I think it’s like an hour or less. Anyway only the person that deletes a message sees the “deleted message” spot until the undo timer expires.

    Hope this helps. If that’s not it maybe a screenshot could help!
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Jenny8675
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Feb 27, 2020
Not sure how you would do multiple posts at once, but you can delete each individual post within a channel by clicking on the 3 dots... in the upper left hand corner of the post.
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SGP-JCFC
Brass Contributor
Feb 28, 2020

Jenny8675 Thanks for your reply. I know how to delete posts, but I do not know whether, as OWNER, I can hide the deleted posts, so that the Channel does not look crowded with unnecessary information. 

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    ChrisWebbTech
    MVP
    Feb 28, 2020
    The deleted posts will permanently go away after some time. I don’t remember the limit off top of my head but I think it’s like an hour or less. Anyway only the person that deletes a message sees the “deleted message” spot until the undo timer expires.

    Hope this helps. If that’s not it maybe a screenshot could help!
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      M365leaf
      Copper Contributor
      May 06, 2025

      Hi ChrisWebbTech thanks for advise to far 

      I deleted a post on my work teams channel but it is still visible to me 2 weeks later. 
      It is not visible to my colleagues any more - which is good - but I also do not want to see this clogging up my channel. 

      I assume this means that whoever deletes a post will always be able to see the ghost of their deleted post?  It does not look good and I would hope that there is a way to permanently delete it from the channel. 

      Please enlighten me if so. 

      • ChrisWebbTech's avatar
        ChrisWebbTech
        MVP
        May 06, 2025

        It should delete for you. might be cache issue. Check the teams web client for it. If it's not there, then log out and back in, I think that still resets cache. 

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      kstone7_iuh
      Brass Contributor
      Jul 24, 2024

      ChrisWebbTech  How long will these deleted posts hang out? I have many deleted posts and I still see "this message has been deleted" on the post. How do I get these off my view? 

      • guanel1's avatar
        guanel1
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 12, 2024

        kstone7_iuh Yes! I have the same question. I have messages that say "The message has been deleted" that are still there from 2022. When do these notifications go away? When you delete a post, that should be it  - the message that it has been deleted should not remain in its place...any suggestions?

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      SGP-JCFC
      Brass Contributor
      Feb 28, 2020

      ChrisWebbTechHi Chris, thank you for the information. You are right, the deleted posts disappeared after a while. However, the actions that were taken could still be seen. See attached. Is there any way of hiding them? adam deltinger 

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