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Edit and delete messages in Microsoft Teams

Edit a sent message

You can edit any message that you have sent to a chat or channel. There's no limit to how many times you can make changes to a sent message.

Hover over the message you have sent. A floating options bar will appear.  Select More options More options button , then Edit.

Sent message options

Make changes to your message, then press Enter or click on the checkmark to save the update.

Message text editor

Delete a sent message

You can backtrack and delete something you just sent.

Hover over the message you have sent. A floating options bar will appear. Select More options More options button , then Delete.

Sent message options

If you haven't sent the message yet, select Format Expand button to expand the box and then select DeleteDelete button .

Select Format to expand the box.

Undo a deleted message

Go to the deleted message and select Undo.

Undo option for deleted message

 

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