Introduction

On Microsoft Teams, individual team owners can decide whether team members can edit and/or delete their messages within channel conversations. Please follow the instructions below to set message deletion rules for individual teams.

Instructions

These instructions can only be completed by the team owner(s).

1. Go to the team that you would like to adjust the deletion permissions.
2. Access the options menu by clicking on the three dots next to the team name. Select Manage team.
   
    
    
3. This will bring up a new menu. Click on Settings and then Member permissions.
   
    
    
4. When you click on Member permissions you will see a new list of meeting options. The items that you want to pay attention to here are:
   
   • Give members the option to delete their messages: This option will be enabled by default. If you disable this option, team members will not be able to delete their messages in team channel conversations.
   • Give members the option to edit their messages: This option will be enabled by default. If you disable this option, team members will not be able to edit their messages in team channel conversations.
     
      
      
5. If you do not want team members to be able to delete their messages, uncheck the box next to the option.
6. If you do not want team members to be able to edit their messages, uncheck the box next to the option.
7. Once you have checked or unchecked the box next to these items, the change will be applied to your team automatically.

To learn more, review this article on how to delete/edit messages in team chats.