Microsoft Teams - How to manage existing channels in your Team

As a shared channel owner, you can manage owner roles, member roles, channel settings, and more.

Manage channel owners and members

  1. Go to the shared channel you own, and select More options > Manage channel.
  2. Select Members.

From there, you can:

  • Select a Role for each person. If they’re in your org, you can change a Member to an Owner.
  • View the number of Members in a team. Select the number to the right of the team to view the members.
  • Remove members or remove teams. Click the X on the right to remove a member or team.

 

Manage channel settings

  1. Go to a shared channel you own and select More options > Manage channel.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Expand the options to manage Channel details, Member permissions, @mentions, and Fun stuff.

 

Delete a shared channel

Go to the shared channel you own and select More options > Delete this channel.

 

Restore a deleted shared channel

  1. Go to the host team for the shared channel and select More options > Manage team.
  2. Select Channels > Deleted.
  3. Locate the channel you'd like to restore. On it's right, click Restore.

 

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