Unable to delete a private channel

Hi I seem to be unable to delete a private channel after having created a private channel for testing. The channel has no content and only one additional user, that was added after I found that...

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adam deltinger
Nov 20, 2019
Report this to Microsoft! Seems like a bug!

AnthonyWheat

Copper Contributor

Jan 31, 2020

dlerche

I have an open case with MS on this and they told me it is a bug, but are not publicly announcing it. Said MS Engineering can take 1-2 months to fix.

However, the work around is that you can delete the private channels from the Teams mobile app on the iPhone or Android.

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Syed (Microsoft)

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4:31 PM GMT

Hello Anthony,

Unfortunately this is not updated on any of the public articles.

As per the Engineering Team it might take 1-2 months to fix this bug.

Thank you for choosing Microsoft support.

Regards,

Syed

Support Engineer Tier-II | Skype for Business Online & Microsoft Teams

My Email: mailto:v-syemo@microsoft.com

My Working Hours: Monday to Friday | 07:00 AM- 04:30 PM (EST)

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My Manager: Umesh | Email: mailto:v-2umem@microsoft.com

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 2:01 PM GMT

Thanks for the update, Syed.

However, in the link you provided, there are no responses from Microsoft that this is a bug or that it’s being worked on. All the comments are from customers reporting the problem.

Is there an official statement from Microsoft in regards to this bug that is publicly available?

If I send this link to other people in my organization that are having the issue, they are going to ask for the Microsoft response, not other customers saying that they are also having the same problem.

Anthony

Jeff_Parker
Brass Contributor
Mar 31, 2020
I just tried to delete a channel from the Android app, but it failed.
ChrisKC
Copper Contributor
Mar 03, 2020
AnthonyWheat
If you delete the private channel from mobile, the system deletes "only" the channel, the SharePoint site collection is still reachable via URL.
B_Wai
Copper Contributor
Feb 26, 2020
AnthonyWheat Thanks for the workaround, would have never thought of that!
DB_DAB
Copper Contributor
Feb 14, 2020
Deleting via the mobile phone app works!
- Brian McFadden
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 19, 2020
  Same problem. Was able to delete from mobile app.
Daniel51905
Copper Contributor
Feb 06, 2020
Thank you. This was helpful. I was able to delete both the private channels and team name after downloading the mobile app while unable to on web or in desktop app. I had to delete all private channels first before it would allow me to delete the team.AnthonyWheat

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