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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Rachel Cooper
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I just found a different workaround for this. The delete option was not available to me but if I edited the chat where I shared the file, deleted the file and typed something random in it, hit save. The file was removed from the files Tab. Super messy!
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Rachel Cooper
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I don't see the delete option in the shared file ellipsis either.
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John
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I don't see the delete option after hovering over the shared file ellipsis.... How can you delete a file that has been shared via chat?
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Brendan Murphy
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If you go to the message where you shared the file in the chat and click on the ellipses menu and select "Delete", it will remove the file from the Files tab. However that doesn't remove the permissions from OneDrive so you'd still need to go there to remove the access.
I agree this process needs to be enhanced to make it easier to unshare a file that has been shared in a Chat.
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Steve Thomas
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Seriously? So now I have these files "forever" listed in a chat and can't delete?
I appreciate it is a complex system to develop but, even as a non-IT savvy person, "Delete" function is pretty standard/basic....
You kids at Microsoft might want to back off the caffeine a little.....
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Anonymous
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That is what happened!
I have a Word document in "Files" but when I click on it it says "Sorry, we couldn't find your file." and I can't delete it.
So, I guess, it lived at some point in OneDrive and got erased. And now, it is tuck in Teams Files and I can't get rid of it. Pretty annoying!
