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Delete Private Chat threads

This request is for the ability to completely delete a private chat thread. (Not hide/archive.)

Again, this was pulled out into its own topic because it is still under review and no decision has been made.

To recap what has already been completed from the other topic:


  1. Delete your own messages anywhere in Teams.

  2. Team Owners can choose if users can edit/delete in their tenant as well as choose if admins have the power to delete any message posted in public channels.

  3. The ability to hide your private chat threads (these are not the chat threads in channels, but the private chat threads that appear when you click the Chat icon on the left-side app bar).

  4. The ability to mute your private chat threads. (these are not the chat threads in channels, but the private chat threads that appear when you click the Chat icon on the left-side app bar).

This topic deserves consideration and separating out hot items is something we have often done. Please don't think of this as an attempt to diminish the ask, we know that many people want this.

Thank you for your understanding and feedback.
-Warren

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  • Patrick commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    You guys are not effective, why this implementation taking so long. All of us asked for this feature a long time ago

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    yes :) u didn't like this did you ..
    It worked but you disabled this option.

    var threadId=location.hash.slice(location.hash.search(19)).split("?")[0];
    fetch("https://amer.ng.msg.teams.microsoft.com/v1/threads/"+threadId, {
    "headers": {
    "accept": "json",
    "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
    "authentication": "skypetoken=<SKYPETOKEN>",
    "behavioroverride": "redirectAs404",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "sec-fetch-dest": "empty",
    "sec-fetch-mode": "cors",
    "sec-fetch-site": "same-site",
    "x-ms-client-env": "pckgsvc-prod-c2-usea-02",
    "x-ms-client-type": "web",
    "x-ms-client-version": "1415/1.0.0.2020061225",
    "x-ms-scenario-id": "740",
    "x-ms-user-type": "user"
    },
    "referrer": "https://teams.microsoft.com/_",
    "referrerPolicy": "no-referrer-when-downgrade",
    "body": null,
    "method": "DELETE",
    "mode": "cors",
    "credentials": "omit"
    });
    delete threadId;

    This method used to work .

    now it returns :
    VM801:2 DELETE https://amer.ng.msg.teams.microsoft.com/v1/threads/19:573c1925372344909fedcd6bed4a219f@thread.v2 net::ERR_ABORTED 403

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    thank you, I'd like the option to delete threads from the chat as well. Any updates

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    More than 2 months to "finalizing" the design and we don't have nor updates nor deadlines.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    C'mon already! I've been chatting with babes at work but now that I'm working from home my gf can easily check the history.

  • Kim commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Got the word that Skype is being decommissioned. This issue is the single biggest barrier to adoption as far as I'm concerned. It's simply clutter. If the team is still in the design phase, then what's the ETA? One month, 6 months? Longer?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Y'all own Skype. Skype removes all private chats as you close the program. Or you can delete individual chats. Please, our company is about ready to transition completelyto Teams and disable Skype. Please fix this before the only chat option left to us is to live in never ending clutter.

  • Rich O'Regan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Come on! Please allow the ability to delete old chat threads from the "recent" pane!! the user interface is way too cluttered by previous chats that could be a one time communication! The purpose of an "instant message" is to instantly chat and then move on!!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The amount of clutter is ridiculous because EVERYTHING stays! I did a test meeting learning the different features- now I have meeting and strange chats that have nothing to do with the topic of the work. It's bizzare to think that you would want to keep everything- Hey, lets do a team lunch- then chat about it. It can't be deleted????
    Major oversight. So we'll just keep texting on the side, I guess....

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please hurry in approving this feature. Similar to Skype chat once it is closed it automatically deletes prior conversations and restarts new thread!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    What an absolute joke. For crying out loud, please, just sort this ASAP. It's becoming unworkable

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The fact that there is no delete full chat and that if you delete messages in the thread it only appears as "delete comment..undo" is frustrating. It isn't technically "deleting if I can undo the delete, it is basically the same hide feature if you wanted to hide the conversation.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Are we asking for any advanced feature -"No" OR innovative feature - "No"

    Still Team's team is not able to move the needle.

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