Team is not allowing Members to add Channels

Question

A particular team is not allowing Members to add new channels. I have tested with other Teams and allows me to do so. The settings are enabled to allow Member to manage channels. Any ideas how to resolve this?

Answer 1

Hello, please refer to this link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/not-able-to-create-team-channel/0207218b-d65b-4056-89a1-5b4d2cba1799 Regards, Rami KETATA // If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" //

Answer 2

Hi @Rebecca

Which type of channel did you create? Private Channel or shared channel?

Are you the Teams owner in your organization?

Based on my knowledge, there are several reasons could cause this issue:

1)Teams Channel Limitation: The number of channels has a maximum. The following table shows each limitation for your reference:

2)Check these Teams channel settings:

The following image show the process:

1. Click More options (…) next to the team > choose Manage team.
2. In team management page, choose Settings > expand Member permissions and check if Allow members to create and update channels is selected.

Besides, we recommend you try to test if you have the same issue in Teams web client.

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Answer 3

Thanks for all those suggestions - I had reviewed each of them prior to asking. It turned out that the user was trying to create a channel with the name of a deleted channel from that team in the end!

Answer 4

Hi @Rebecca

Thanks for your feedback above which shared more information and glad to know that your issue is resolved now! Since our forum has the policy that The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others, and according to the scenario introduced here: Answering your own questions on Microsoft Q&A

I would make a brief summary of this post so that other forum members could easily find useful information here:

[Team is not allowing Members to add Channels - Summary]

Issue Symptom:

Teams user cannot create new channels.

Solution:

The user was trying to create a channel with the name of a deleted channel from that team.

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