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Brass Contributor

Dec 19, 2019

"last owner of private channel cannot be removed" error

Hi All, I don't know if anyone has experienced this problem, I have a member of a Team and when I go to remove him from the team I get the following: Last owner of private channel cannot be rem...

microsoft teams

MVP

Dec 19, 2019

Are you sure there aren’t any private ones but that you are not aware of since you aren’t a member of it? Look into the Teams settings and the channels tab and see if you see any there!

Brass Contributor

Dec 19, 2019

Hi adam deltinger

Thank you for your response. I am a Trainer and during a course I added this member to a Team. There was a Private Channel but he is not an owner (or even a member of it!). He has never been an owner of ANY channel. Your suggestion was great and I had a look anyway but nothing there.

Andrew Hodges
Bronze Contributor
Dec 19, 2019
Hi JohnKelly ,

As adam deltinger said have you looked in the Teams Admin centre, you will need to have that role against your account. Presumably if you haven't turned off the ability for members to create channels then he could have created a private channel as part of the training which only he sees.

Hope that helps

Andy
- JohnKelly
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 19, 2019
  Hi Andrew Hodges ,
  
  I hadn't thought of that. I'll check, seems unlikely but can't rule it out. Thanks again for all the assistance.
  - JohnKelly
    Brass Contributor
    Dec 19, 2019
    Sorted, here are the steps
    I created the Private Channel but He was the only owner or member
    He then deleted the Private Channel so neither of us could see it.
    When I tried to remove him I got the error message but crucially it did not Mention the Name of the Private Channel.
    When he tried to remove himself it then showed the name of the Private Channel so we were able to recover the Channel, make me and owner and then remove him.
    
    Thanks for all your assistance.