Delete files shared in chat
Files shared in Chat are stored to OneDrive, but there is no way to delete file from within Teams. When file is deleted from OneDrive, it is (of course) no longer available and the individual gets a "Sorry, we couldn't find you file" error.
I would like to remove the shared file entry from the Teams chat.
Lisa R
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Anonymous
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or allow us to delete from a meeting in the files screen
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Airvay
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Please, please, Microsoft - respect the privacy of your users. Not allowing them to delete files they have shared smacks a lot like your claiming that these files belong to you!
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Maria
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File uploader should be able to delete the files he/she has uploaded!
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Anonymous
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Should be much more easy to do !!!
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Trophy Ding
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This is really needed!!!
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Derek_M
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This is needed.
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Leah
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I read the comment and work around. I do not wish to delete the full thread as there is other important information in it but just want to get rid of a few of the files. There are now 4 versions of the presentation file with slight differences but having it so difficult to remove allows the chance of the incorrect one being used. I don't see why this cannot be changed to allow the file in the thread to be deleted. It seems like there are MANY people who are also wanting this to be changed. Thanks!
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Arron
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Poor solution I was forced to adopt: use channels with files managed in share-point for anything remotely important. I think you can even link them over to chat. Chat itself really can only be used for ephemeral garbage. Would be good if Microsoft adopted some of the structure from channel files into chat files. Why can't they be sub-indexed by chat title in OneDrive or live directly in Sharepoint. Pooling all my chat files ever in one dump is useless for people on a lot of chats. And not being able to access anyone else's chat uploads in that folder is also a problem.
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Fx
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Would imagine this could be simple by sychronizing the files in team chat with those on onedrive. Once the files are removed on onedrive, then the team chat should be cleaned as well. Can't believe it's so difficult to get this function in place. Pls help us to work more efficiently. Tks.
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Marcus
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Yes, this feature is needed urgently
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David
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Need this option!
And option to refresh the Teams Chat files, refresh the files to remove all the broken links.
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Anonymous
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Seriously? Someone on my team had posted a picture of their darn cat like 10 months ago, What I am supposed to pick a day to scroll back through the chat thread? Which will take literally hours upon hours to do. Why is this not more simple?
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tim
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need this option, please!
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Rach N
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I can't believe this isn't an option already. This issue has been up for 'discussion' since 2020.There is obviously a need for it. Make delete file an option in Teams rather than having to go to OneDrive.
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francesc
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It's nonsense to have old files stored forever. PLease allow users to delete files from chats
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Marcus
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Group chats become quickly a mess when dealing with files. Many files are one-view-only files like "look here how it looks in my vacation" or maybe a screenshot or something. Sometimes there are also files that were uploaded by mistake ("Oops, this should be the management profit report, not my baby photos. "). Thinking in years there may be hundred of files, some very useful work files, some simply digital garbage.
I just took the time testing the workflow from Rena here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365admin-mso_teams-mso_o365b/how-to-delete-shared-file-in-ms-teams-chat/bba159cf-6d44-4216-9a1d-71523f3e9374I just deleted the file from my OneDrive, where it was stored after uploading it in Teams, emptied the trash, went to the group chat again, had a look from when the file was and copied the link to the file in the clipboard, searched the file/message in the chat (which was 5 months ago... took over 20 minutes of pure scrolling!!), deleted the message and voila... the file can still be accesses over the link in the clipboard! o.O
I'm shocked. Seems like it gets stored forever. That's so unbelievable creepy.
Lisas Idea is from end of 2018. Can it really be that something simple like deleting a file becomes now a premium feature for a Teams version far far in the future?!?
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Amy Ward
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Team chat should allow people to delete files from the group messages, the person who uploaded should at the very least be able to delete them. when group messages are long ongoing over months, there are a lot of image files and other unnecessary files that take up the files list making it difficult to find correct or relevant files. maybe having the option to organize into folders if deleting is not an option??
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Anonymous
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Team chat should allow people to delete files, at lease the uploader should have such authority. It became a mess when someone upload a file by mistake. Really bad for the working enviroment.
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Craig
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Don't understand why we can't delete it. It's just a link to the file. We can delete chat comments, but not links even if they're dead? Ridiculous.
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Lara CEC
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Need to be able to delete files from a team chat. It leaves too many files out there.