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Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams – Instructions

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Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams: Video Lesson

            This video lesson, titled “Ordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams,” shows you ways of reordering, editing, hiding, and deleting teams in Microsoft Teams. This video lesson is from our complete Teams tutorial, titled “Mastering Teams Made Easy.”

Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams: Overview

            You can easily reorder, edit, hide, and delete teams if managing multiple teams in Microsoft Teams. This helps you organize them to best suit your needs. To change the order of your teams in the list of teams, click on a team name and drag it to its new location. Then release the mouse.

            To edit a team, click the “More options” ellipsis to the right of the team name. Then select “Edit team” from the menu. In the “Edit team” dialog box, change the team name, description, and privacy settings, as needed. When finished, click the “Done” button.

            To hide a team while preserving its contents, click the “More options” ellipsis to the right of the team name. Then select “Hide” from the menu. To locate a hidden team, click the “Hidden teams” link at the bottom of the teams list to expand the hidden list. To then un-hide the team, click the “More options” ellipsis next to its name. Then select “Show” from the menu. The team will once again appear in the teams list.

Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams - Instructions: A picture of a user unhiding a hidden team in Microsoft Teams.

Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams – Instructions: A picture of a user unhiding a hidden team in Microsoft Teams.

            To delete a team and all its contents, click the “More options” ellipsis next to its name. Then select “Delete the team” from the menu. Check the checkbox to confirm you understand that all the contents of the team will also be deleted and then click the “Delete team” button.

Reordering, Editing, Hiding, and Deleting Teams: Instructions

  1. To reorder teams in the list of teams, click a team name, drag it to a new location, and then release it.
  2. To edit a team, click the “More options” ellipsis to the right of the team name and select “Edit team” from the menu.
  3. In the “Edit team” dialog box, you can change the team name, description, and privacy settings.
  4. When finished, click the “Done” button.
  5. To hide a team while saving its contents, click the “More options” ellipsis to the right of the team name and select “Hide” from the menu.
  6. If you want to find a hidden team, click the “Hidden teams” link at the bottom of the teams list to expand the hidden list.
  7. To un-hide a hidden team, click the “More options” ellipsis by its name and select “Show” from the menu.
  8. To delete a team and its contents, click the “More options” ellipsis by its name and select “Delete the team” from the menu.
  9. Check the checkbox to confirm you understand all the team’s contents will be deleted and then click the “Delete team” button.
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