By default, Microsoft Teams grants many permissions to team members, such as the ability to delete a channel. This could lead to an accidental deletion of important channels, like your Matter channel. This guide is from Matter, an employee recognition app for Microsoft Teams; the setting is worth applying to any team. In this article, we will outline a recommended setting for team owners to restrict channel deletion permissions.
Who can use this: Team owners in Microsoft Teams, on every Matter plan. Microsoft Teams only.
For an overview of the whole feature, read the Matter setup and rollout guide for Microsoft Teams.
Stop members deleting channels
Click the three dots next to the team name, then click Manage team.
Click Settings, then expand Member permissions.
Uncheck Allow members to delete and restore channels.
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