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Changing Channel from private
Hi,
so after searching I cannot find the answer to this.
I've created a team that will have channels in it representing different projects.
I've made one channel private so that I can choose which team members have access to it.
But now, I want to revoke that and allow all team members to see the channel.
I can't figure out how though.
Other than deleting the channel and that isn't an option.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
- You can transfer any collaborated documents from one library to another, easily enough. But AFAIK you cannot transfer text chats.
If you REALLY need to retain the chat, the admin can download all Team chats in a CSV that you could cut down to just include chat from this channel and share it as an Excel file. Not quite as usable but at least the info and discussion isn't lost.
Alternatively, screenshot the messages you need to retain, or somehow look at retaining the channel but locking it to further discussion.
- Anyone have link to the suggestion/feedback for this on the new O365 feedback site (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap)? The UserVoice for it is dead.
Greg_Sohl Hello, here it is in the new feedback portal
https://agatsoftware.com/microsoft-teams-channel-management/
It can move, merge, copy, archive and export channels
In addition, can change channels from private to public and vice versa
Also available in Microsoft Appsource.- Thanks. At least I know there is an app that can do this.
- This is still a problem? Have they not figured out how to charge for it yet?
I am experiencing the same. Can this be changed on the back end somehow? Very frustrating!
I can "kind of" get the changing from a public channel to private.. that may cause a lot of negative implications. But if I have it private for testing and then decide to implement, I should be able to switch to public without having to recreate the whole channel losing the history.
I really do not see much harm in that since it can have rules like "more than 2 users will need to promote to public to take effect which will time out in 30 min" or something like that. 🙂
kevjackson Until now in 2021, There is no known way still.
I just say to delete the channel, There is no choice.
- It's frustrating that certain functionality (ment.io etc.) doesn't work in private channels. It's useful to test in these channels first.
As ment.io is third party software, it is their responsability to test and adjust wherever neccesary.
Private channels went through private/public testing phases to make sure it works with all platform functionalities, it is however impossible for Microsoft to test all third party add-ons.
I can understand the idea of a private channel, but the same features should still be available. For example, I can can't schedule a meeting to members of the private channel. That seems silly to me. 😞
Not being able to control a channel's privacy is one of the stupidest things I have encountered about Teams. I understand "why", but not being able to change it back to public is just stupid. My opinion, of course.
I am also going through this.. I wanted the channel private for the initial team pow wow and want to now change to public for go live and was not able to, the problem with creating a new channel is having to "move" all the files from one place to another which loses the date/history trail... this fix is needed to make it awesome!!kevjackson
A private channel in Teams is a special kind of channel and you cannot convert it back to a public channel. When you create a private channel, a new site is created on SharePoint.
Yup, totally understood the concept, but the reality is that we should be able to edit even if it is via the sharepoint site to make it more effective. But hopefully it will be looked at. 🙂 Thanks! Shepherd360
