Updated March 20, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience

Note: Users with EDU licenses assigned will not receive this change. 

Based on Admin feedback, we are updating the behavior for automated hiding of inactive channels to be opt-in (suggestions) only. With this update, Teams will offer users suggestions on channels that are inactive, and the user is prompted to review their inactive channels and hide them only if they choose. The settings are also updated to reflect this opt-in workflow. There are no changes to the on-demand hiding process.

This feature is enabled for Targeted Release, and we will roll out to General Availability later this year in 2025. 

In the interim, we are disabling the current generally available version of the feature which requires users to opt-out as well as the settings, for all users. Please note that all users in the public or general ring will not see the setting or have any of their channels hidden automatically. We will re-introduce the updated feature later this year in 2025. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 325780.