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Hide a user from Microsoft Teams

It would be very beneficial to be able to hide a user from showing as a Microsoft Teams user. Right now it is super confusing for users when old staff members whose mailboxes are still being used show in Microsoft Teams. There is currently no option to hide these users from showing as contacts in chats.

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  • Mark T commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Users getting confused by this. guest accounts I understand (those are of course not licensed), I have EOL service mailbox accounts that i can hide from outlook address book, but they appear in the teams user list.

  • B Davis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Good afternoon! We really need this suggestion looked at and answered by the Microsoft Teams product team. User accounts that are not licensed for Teams, should not show up when Teams users search for them. Period.

    If a user does not have a mailbox in Exchange, they don't show up in the Global Address List. Same should apply for Teams. Additionally adding the ability to hide a user from the Teams Address List would also be a great help.

    Looking forward to a response from the product team on this request as I have already spent a good deal of time on the phone with Teams Support

  • Solvirafn commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Can you please put an option in Teams Admin portal or 365 Admin Center. It's annoying to see old user pop up on Teams

  • Tiago Da Silva commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a must-have, I've had many people message my global admin account as I'm not able to hide it.

  • Tony N commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add this. We are currently in a pilot state and as an admin I am really shocked Teams lacks this functionality to hide users from the search. Not cool that you will find every single Azure AD user even if the user does not use Teams. Or if you find guest users someone in your company invited to a Team.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Por favor si es posible, hacer que los usuarios que estan en buzones compartidos no aparescan en team, o los usuarios que no tengan licencias de team, o habilitar una opcion si queremos que aparescan o no.

  • M. Ubalt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I am an access coordinator and need to be able to create assignments for students but the students cannot legally know the other students who require accommodations. This feature is very important and would be a huge help/allow us to use Microsoft teams for our work. I want there to be member permissions to hide or show the other users in a team.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    So I have had this issue for months. It was resolved at one point maybe early in 2020, but then came back.
    Users who are hidden from the GAL and do not show up in Outlook, DO show up in Teams when you start a chat or invite users.
    I am aware of this
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-scoped-directory-search
    and that is turned on for our organization as suggested.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello Microsoft support,

    I would also like to request for this feature addition in MS Teams, so Admin's can create rule/policy which isolate old or common IDs from the Global address list of MS Teams.

    Thanks!!

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