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Make public channel private

It would be nice to convert some of our already established channels to private now the feature is available in the same way it may be desired to de-classify a private channel to public at some point too.

Currently a channel privacy can only be set during creation.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please move quickly on this option as access to channels changes rapidly in a business environment.

  • Katy Noble commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is crazy that you don't have the flexibility for this. Of course, you should be able to change privacy and access settings for channels, this is just basic project management flexibility!

  • Stephanie commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Thank you for considering this request. It is quite inconvenient to think I need to open a new channel and copy and move all contents and then decommission the old channel - just to keep the content private. Is there an ETA on the expected release date?

  • JD commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    To those complaining its been on the backlog for 6 months - there are things that have been on the backlog for 2+ years. Being on the backlog really doesn't mean you should expect to see it anytime soon - it just means they agree it would be a good feature to implement.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi Alex, is there an estimated date for this function, which is much needed, to be addressed? It has been 6 months already!

  • Frank Kjær commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi,
    I would hereby like to contribute with the voice Of Ib Andresen Steel Industri to this feature.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hey MS Teams team.
    I really don't know what to say. Sure, bugs exist after a software release. But if you simply copy the idea of an existing app I'd expect a better job in general. And after over one year of Corona some bugs in Teams are completely out of question (and totally annoying)!
    Eliminate this bug (convert channels from public to private and vice versa)!
    And at the same time make it possible to give guests editing rights for data in a private channel.

  • Chris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'll add my voice to this too. Teams should not be so inflexible.

  • Karen B commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This seems like such a BASIC function that we should not have to BEG for. Super frustrating.

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