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dlerche
Nov 20, 2019Copper Contributor
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...
- Nov 20, 2019Report this to Microsoft! Seems like a bug!
zhiyuan024
Nov 29, 2019Copper Contributor
We also faced this issue as our tenant has applied retention policy for all Sharepoint online sites. We are now verifying if we can delete the private channel when this retention policy is disabled.
- Kenni3958Dec 06, 2019Brass Contributor
zhiyuan024 Am having the same issue, so will also need to check our retention policy, does see buggy though. I am at a meeting with Microsoft on Monday, and was going to raise this direct with them on site
- Sandra ElliottJan 21, 2020Copper ContributorWas Microsoft able to provide any feedback at your meeting on this?
- Kenni3958Jan 31, 2020Brass Contributor
Sandra Elliott We have resolved this locally now. It is linked to the Sharepoint/Onedrive and Exchange online retention policy, which is on by default. We have changed the Sharepoint retention policy, and can now successfully delete private channels