Why I can't delete a message in Microsoft teams? I need to delete my sent message in a private chat but as you can see the delete option is not available on Microsoft Teams desktop and web app!
I also checked if I can delete a sent message in a team conversation that I am a member of. but the delete option is also missing to delete my own message in Microsoft Teams!
Anyone has encountered the same behavior before
In Microsoft Teams, the "delete message option is not available or missing" in the following cases:
Delete sent messages
disallows team members to delete their messages
In your case, you can't delete a sent message in the Microsoft Team channel conversation as well as the Private chat, so it's mainly related to the Messaging policies settings.
To solve the "Delete message option is not available in Microsoft Teams" issue, you should make sure that the "Delete sent messages" option is enabled in the Messaging policy by doing the following:
"Delete sent messages"
Team Service Administrator
Global (Org-wide default)
You may need 24 hours to get the policy changes reflected in Microsoft Teams. However, in some cases, it may take a few minutes or less than an hour to get changes reflected, but you will need to sign out from your Microsoft Team Desktop app then and sign in again to get the new updates!
In case, you can delete the sent message in Private chat. But you still can't delete your message in a specific Team channel conversation. So the team owner disallows the team members to delete their messages in Team Settings.
To can allow Team Members to delete their messages in a Team channel, you should do the following:
Team Owner
Manage Team
Settings
Member permissions"
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