Restoring a deleted channel

Summary

The steps below will guide you through the process of recovering a Teams channel that was deleted or accidentally deleted. You need to have the owner role to complete this process.

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Overview

The steps below will guide you through the process of recovering a Teams channel that was deleted or accidentally deleted. 

Note: You need to have the owner role to complete this process.

Process

  1. Go to the team where the channel existed.
  2. Next to the team name, click More options (…) → Manage team.
  3. Select the Channels tab.
  4. At the bottom of the list, you’ll see Deleted channels.
  5. Find the channel you want to restore and click Restore.

The channel (with all its files, conversations, and tabs) should come back in the team.

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Article ID: 141117
Created
Mon 9/22/25 5:04 PM
Modified
Mon 9/22/25 5:05 PM

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