Can a deleted Teams channel be restored by an admin?

HATT 0 Reputation points
2023-08-10T17:35:22.9366667+00:00

We had a user accidentally deleted a channel within Teams, and then delete the Team/365 group after by accident instead of leaving the Team as intended. While the Team was able to be restored, the owner is not seeing the deleted channel to be recovered under the channels tab. Two questions:

  1. Is there an administrative way to restore a Team Channel similar to being able to restore the 365 group?
  2. Is it possible the Channel was permanently deleted when the user deleted it and THEN deleted the group?
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  1. Ran Hou-MSFT 7,545 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-08-11T06:01:26.5233333+00:00

    @HATT

    Is there an administrative way to restore a Team Channel similar to being able to restore the 365 group?

    It can be recovered in the Teams client.

    Step 1: Click More options next to the target team > choose Manage team.

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    Step 2: In the management page, open Channels tab and expand the Deleted list > Click the Restore button.

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    Is it possible the Channel was permanently deleted when the user deleted it and THEN deleted the group?

    Based on my research, deleted channels can be restored within 30 days. After 30 days, a deleted channel and its content are permanently deleted.


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  2. Alfons Manning 0 Reputation points
    2024-11-15T11:24:35.15+00:00

    When I try to Restore a delete Shared Channel I receive an error message:

    "Het kanaal Shared kon helaas niet worden hersteld. Probeer het opnieuw te herstellen." or

    "Unfortunately, the channel Shared could not be restored. Please try to restore it again."

    But it doesn't. It all happened today.

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