Deleted plan in Planner

Question

A plan seems to have been deleted in my Planner.

The group members do not have authority to delete the plan and I (the plan owner) did not delete this plan.

How can this happen?

The message I get when trying to access the plan is: This plan is missing or deleted. Would you like to remove this from your pinned and recent plans?

Answer 1

Dear Viktoría Ósk Daðadóttir,

Good day!!

Apologies for the inconvenience caused and please don’t worry, let’s work together on your concern and move towards a resolution path.

I understand your concern and to my knowledge, I would like to let you know that only the owners of the Plan in the Microsoft Planner will be able to delete the Plan but the created Plan will be associated with the Microsoft 365 groups, and deleting the group will also delete the Plan associated with it.

However, not only the Microsoft 365 group can be deleted the admins in your Office 365 organization. So, please check with the Microsoft 365 admins of your Office 365 organization to see whether there is any deleted Group associated with the name of the Plan from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Reference: Restore a deleted Microsoft 365 group - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn

Moreover, if the associated Group is still present in the Active Groups but Plan is deleted, then it seems the plan is deleted from the Plan Settings of the Plan in the Microsoft Planner, where only the Plan Owner has ability to delete it.

To find out the name of the user who deleted the Plan in the Planner, please connect with the Compliance Admin of your Office 365 organization for running the audit log with the Planner activities: Audit log activities | Microsoft Learn

Appreciate your patience and understanding. Have a great day!!

Best Regards,

Sophia