Ability to archive channels
Would be nice if we had the ability to archive channels. For example: we created a channel for a specific project. Once the project is complete, we can archive that channel or at least move it out of the primary view. I could see the channel list getting large and clunky quickly with multiple projects many of which are complete.
Also, when a conversation in the channel is complete it should be archived or hidden.
Cory
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This item remains on the backlog.
724 comments
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Michelle Renee
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Yes, we need this as well.
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Anonymous
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We Need the ability to Archive channels - we are using a channel per Project but have hundreds of Projects and when they are over, we Need to be able to Archive them, so Information is not lost and the ability to call up Archives in the future so we can check Infos.
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Anonymous
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you can hide channels you don't need to see anymore....
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Richard
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This item remains on the backlog.
Any enlightenment as to how far down the backlog it is?
Such a basic feature and so far away - I'm new to teams and you've un-impressed me on day one! -
Beau
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This would be very nice to have!
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Anonymous
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This should be a basic feature which Slack has.WHAT IS THE HOLD UP on this ?
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Tobias Leichsenring
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yes, please activate this feature.
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Anonymous
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Bump. We need this. Also this conversations should be discoverable in a legal situation.
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Anonymous
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yes, please activate this feature.
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Jonathan
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11,000+ votes and Microsoft is still asleep at the wheel. Some things never change.
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GGG
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We'll fill up the 200 channel limit pretty quickly and have no way to get rid of completed jobs other than deletion which will take 30 days to fall off. We need to be able to save all the info from the completed jobs preferably outside the Teams system. Which will allow focus on current projects and ability to stay below the limit. Even if (hopefully when) the limit gets raised (another must) this feature still needs to be implemented.
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Max
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+1
I was just looking for this as it felt as a natural feature for Teams channels. But I couldn't find it, but I did find this user voice idea, and I have to join in on the request.
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Anonymous
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Four years of asking for basic housekeeping and feature parity with Slack! Microsoft made $10 billion in profit in 2019 and they couldn't hire one person to make this feature work. Or 100 people. Or 1,000 people.
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Blake
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I believe this is a mission-critical feature and should be implemented as soon as possible.
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ssnively
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I think this issue is tied directly into the fact that you can not even move the channel. If I can not archive it I should be able to move the channel to say an archived teams file.
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Liam
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It would make a lot of sense for our organisation to have one channel per project. Sadly, the limit on number of channels rules that out. If we were able to archive channels (assuming they were then not counted towards the channel) we'd be able to do that, instead of having to place all conversations on active projects in one channel.
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Kevin
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This is another reason that I am asking my organization to move to slack. My only option is to delete the channel and lose all my info.
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Anonymous
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AGAT software offers a really simple solution for this.
https://agatsoftware.com/microsoft-teams-channel-management/ -
Anonymous
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Yet another small feature missing in teams that has my org wanting us to switch to Slack.
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Anonymous
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Such a small detail, but essential for housekeeping. Nothing worse than having endless lists that are not needed immediately, but cannot be deleted.