How to archive or restore a Microsoft Teams

Overview

You can manually archive or a restore an archived Team.

Instructions include:

1. Restore an archived Team

2. Archive a Team

Instructions - Restore an Team

  1. Select Teams Teams button on the left to see the list of your teams.

  2. At the bottom of the list, select Manage Settings button .

  3. Then, in the Archived list, find the name of the team you want to archive, and select More options More options button > Restore team.

  4. Restore team button 4. The Archived Team will have an EXP prefix added.  You can edit the Team to remove this. 

 

Instructions - Archive a team

  1. Select Teams Teams button on the left to see the list of your teams.

  2. At the bottom of the list, select Manage Settings button .

  3. In the Active list, find the name of the team you want to archive, then select More options More options button > Archive team.

  4. To prevent people from editing the content in the SharePoint site and Wiki tab associated with the team, select Make the SharePoint site read-only for team members. (Teams owners will still be able to edit this content.)

Archive Team button

To view and search through the content of the archived team, click its name in the Archived list. Or, make it a favorite if you think you’ll refer to it often (in the list, select the team, then More options More options button > Favorite).

All of the team activity is frozen once the team is archived. No one will be able to start new conversations or reply to posts in a channel, add or remove channels, edit team settings, or add apps. As a team owner, you’ll still be able to add or remove members, update roles, and delete, renew, or restore an archived team.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/archive-or-restore-a-team-dc161cfd-b328-440f-974b-5da5bd98b5a7

 

Details

Article ID: 970
Created
Tue 8/18/20 12:08 PM
Modified
Wed 4/6/22 10:58 AM