TL;DR
Microsoft Teams will soon automatically hide your inactive channels. Due mid-August to mid-September 2024.

Details
After this rollout, Teams will hide channels that have been inactive and notify you with the message: “We’re hiding some inactive channels for you”:


If you select View changes you can choose to keep the channels hidden or show them:


This feature will be on by default. Turn it off by heading to Teams > Settings > Chats and channels > Hide inactive channels:


Availability
Due mid-August to mid-September 2024.

Source, related links, and references
MC804771.
365 Roadmap ID 325780.
Images: Microsoft.

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Page originally published
1st July 2024 and kept up to date.


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