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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161 comments
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Mehmet
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Guys (i.e. MS Teams development team) - it has been more than 1.5 years since this was first requested. Can you not see how inconvenient it is for us users to not be able to easily add / remove files in a Chat group?
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Anonymous
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It's 2020... ridiculous (and from a software standpoint - unconscionable) to not have an easy delete option. I mean, really.
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JOW
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would be great to have as its difficult to explain to new users why it can't be done.
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Adam
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Add this feature. Its super simple and its killing my organization not having it.
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Anonymous
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Hurry up Microsoft and install the delete button! It‘s totally ridiculous that you haven‘t already, and we pay a lot of money for that tool!
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Anonymous
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I would like to remove file from the listing but NOT DELETE FROM MY ONE DRIVE.
How can I do that -
Trupti Jogi
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Click on three dots available on the chat and delete the message which was sent along with file sharing just like you delete any message.
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Umesh Radia
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@Alex Engineering team - how far is this away from being realised
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T
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Definitely need to be able to delete. Information gets old and requires updates and then gets messy because you're looking at old files instead of being able to remove them
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Anonymous
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It's pretty ridiculous that this is not already a feature.
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Hyuga
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As the admin, we need full control over chat files and the ability to delete thereof. When being the admin of a team composed of non-tech-savvy people--you want to have the ability to delete old files that are not relevant anymore to save precious OneDrive space. It is imperative that at least TEAM/grp owners and admins have the privilege to delete files in chat messages for this reason. Please add the ability to do that.
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Anonymous
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I deleted the message with the file in it but the file still shows up in my downloads. Ridiculous that they didn't have the forethought to have this feature available. Apparently no BETA testers needed to do this!
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Samba SIDIBE
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C'mon Microsoft, this has to be by default, do you really need users to vote for this basic feature ?
As some others said, we can share by mistake a file, so it's crucial to add delete option asap. -
Anonymous
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Please include the delete button! I literally had to browse MONTHS and MONTHS for chat to find the file i need to delete. this is simply not efficient.
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Sam
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Like the hundreds here before:
Please add a DELETE button!
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Joey
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That's crazy you have to go find the IM from years ago and delete that to get rid of the files, rather than just going to the Files section, click the 3 dots, then delete it if you are the owner of the file.
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LyndaB
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PLEASE add a delete to the file storage area in TEAMS...both Chat and Teams. The current method of hunting down a chat from 3 months ago is causing us to re-evaluate our usage of Teams because of the files being so difficult to delete.
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-Maureen
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Please add a Delete from the FIles to Share or Download etc in the notes? area. If a file is added to this field accidentally, it cannot be removed or deleted from this area. Please add this as an option to have it removed. It adds clutter and is not relevant to the list of files that would need to be added. Thank you.. asap would be so nice.
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Anonymous
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Worked for me as far as I can tell
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Anonymous
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Delete the msg in chat that was created when you shared the files. That will delete the files
