RM325780 - Microsoft Teams: Hiding of inactive channels

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Summary

Easily keep your channels list relevant. Teams will automatically detect inactive channels you haven’t interacted with in a while, and automatically hide them for you. You have the option to review the list of channels and unhide some or all of them, opt out of automatic hiding from settings, or initiate this process on demand. Updated May 28, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Last Updated

May 29, 2026

Published May 31, 2024

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Status

Cancelled

Release

General Availability
Targeted Release

Platforms

Desktop
Mac
Web

Service

Microsoft Teams

Tag

Cancelled
General Availability
Targeted Release
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
GCC
GCC High
DoD

Cloud

DoD
GCC
GCC High
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

Easily keep your channels list relevant. Teams will automatically detect inactive channels you haven’t interacted with in a while, and automatically hide them for you. You have the option to review the list of channels and unhide some or all of them, opt out of automatic hiding from settings, or initiate this process on demand. Updated May 28, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change. We apologize for any inconvenience.

GA date: July CY2024

Version history

2 versions tracked

Updated 1 time since Jul 3, 2024. Microsoft Message Center only ever shows the current version; this archive preserves the history.

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  1. May 29, 2026 · 10:30 PMLatest · v2

    Changed: Body, Tags, Status

  2. Jul 3, 2024 · 12:00 AMOriginal · v1

    Changed: Initial version