For some reason, you cannot delete a chat in Microsoft Teams as of this writing. What you can do; however, is hide the conversation. This takes it out of view so you can concentrate on the others. You can also delete a particular message within a conversation. So if you said something you want to remove, it’s possible. Here, we’ll show you how to hide and unhide a chat and delete a message in Microsoft Teams online and in the desktop application.
How to Hide a Chat in Microsoft Teams
Hiding a chat is a good way to move it out of the way for more important conversations. The process is the same whether you use the Teams website or desktop application.
Once you hide a chat, it will remain hidden unless a new message comes in or you choose to unhide it.
How to Unhide a Chat
If you want to get a chat back into view that you’ve hidden and there haven’t been any new messages in the conversation, you can do this a couple of ways.
Unhide a Chat by Using Search
Unhide a Chat by Starting a New One
How to Delete a Sent Message in a Chat
If you have a particular message in a Microsoft Teams chat that you want to pretend never existed, you can delete it. Remember, you can only delete your own messages.
You’ll see This message has been deleted with an option to Undo the deletion if you wish.
Delete an Unsent Message
If you have a message typed up that you haven’t yet sent, you can easily backspace through the text to remove it. But if it’s a lengthy message, you can delete it in one fell swoop. Click the Format button on the bottom left of the message box. When the window expands, click the Delete button (trash can) on the upper right.
You may be asked if you want to delete the draft. If so, click Discard.
Hide Chats or Delete Messages in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft doesn’t offer up a reason why you cannot currently delete a chat in Teams. Hopefully, this is a feature that will come in a future update. But in the meantime, you can hide chats to keep them out of your list. And remember, if you type a message you want to remove, you can at least delete that. For more, take a look at how to change your camera background in Microsoft Teams. Comment Name * Email *
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