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Lise Arsenault
Copper Contributor
Dec 04, 2023
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Owner can't delete flow bot posts in teams channel

Since the new update (October 2023), owners of a team are not able to delete flow bot posts posted in a teams channel. Does anyone have a solution? I've had our Admin check the messaging policies and...
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  • BarryGoblon's avatar
    BarryGoblon
    Dec 05, 2023

    Lise Arsenault Keep in mind that while awaiting the bug fix, team owners can still delete flow bot posts using the mobile app. It's an effective workaround until the issue with the desktop app is addressed.

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Lise Arsenault
Copper Contributor
Dec 04, 2023
Hi BarryGoblon, Thank you for the quick reply. I am not asking if owners should have admin rights to our Teams. I was only asking (it may not have been clear), that in the older version of Teams, before the update, owners of a Team were able to delete any post within their Teams Channels. Now since the update, they are able to delete regular posts but not the ones that are sent to a channel via power automate/flow bot.
I did find a post in this community that speaks to this. It says that owners are able to delete when using the mobile app but not on PC. I tested this theory and yes, I am able to delete when using the app on my cell phone but not when using either the browser app or desktop app on my PC. What would be the difference between the these?
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BarryGoblon
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Dec 05, 2023

Lise Arsenault Keep in mind that while awaiting the bug fix, team owners can still delete flow bot posts using the mobile app. It's an effective workaround until the issue with the desktop app is addressed.

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    zacheriah
    Copper Contributor
    May 29, 2025

    Unfortunately this workaround is not working as of May 2025.

    • KevinJ's avatar
      KevinJ
      Copper Contributor
      May 29, 2025

      I changed the behaviour of the bot to "post as" my login and now I'm able to delete the bot's posts.  The other option is to enable deleting other people's posts at the teams admin level.

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        zacheriah
        Copper Contributor
        May 29, 2025

        That setting is enabled, but I still can’t delete the posts. I can delete posts from any user except the flow bot

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    Raph
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 04, 2025

    I am trying to delete a flowbot post via the MS TEAMS app on Apple but there appears to be no delete functionality. Has this workaround been superseded by a new approach?

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    VasiliY1215
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 30, 2024

    BarryGoblon is there any update on this? I still can't delete a message in channel via workflows. Both on PC and App. 

    • KevinJ's avatar
      KevinJ
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 06, 2024

      I too am having this problem.

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        VasiliY1215
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 09, 2024

        I had to change an MS Teams policy to allow team owners to delete workflow messages. 

  • Innovizr's avatar
    Innovizr
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 17, 2024

    I had exactly the same issue. Set teams authorisation so that owner can delete posts but it did not work. Thanks to your tip it did work via the mobile app.

     

    Thanks

     

    SImon

    BarryGoblon 

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