Delete channels
You can delete unnecessary standard, private, and shared team channels for your managed tenants using Cloud Commander to keep their team spaces clutter-free. You can restore a deleted channel within 30 days after it's deleted.
For more specific Microsoft information about deleting and resorting channels, see the Shared channel deletion | Microsoft Learn and Private channel creation | Microsoft Learn.
Requirements
- You must be assigned the Microsoft Teams Writer role scoped to the tenants you want to manage.
- To view and manage Microsoft Teams for a tenant, you must Request additional permissions for tenants for customer approval of the required Microsoft Teams permissions.
Delete channels
- In the Microsoft Teams. , select Solutions >
- Use the global customer selector to choose the customers you want to view data for.
- Filter or search to find a team and select the display name to view the team's details.
- Go to the Channels tab.
The channels for the selected team displays.
- Select the checkbox for each channel you want to delete and select Delete channel.
- Review your selections and select Delete channel.
Each selected channel is deleted and removed from the channel list. Refresh the page from the top of the dialog to see your changes.
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Updated: Nov 21, 2024