Permission Issues When Editing Old Posts in Microsoft Teams Forum

Hi @Simao Pedro Assis Costa,

Welcome to Q&A Forum.

Regarding your concern, the issue you're experiencing with editing older posts in Microsoft Teams forums could be a combination of policy settings, role limitations, and technical inconsistencies. Let me provide to you a breakdown of the key requirements and potential solutions: 

Please verify your Global messaging policy settings Teams has a setting called "Edit sent messages" in the messaging policy. If this is turned off, users, even admins, won’t be able to edit their own posts. Changing this setting to "On" may take several hours to propagate across the system 

Even after enabling the correct settings, if the messaging policy isn’t properly assigned to the user, they may still be restricted. Double-check that the correct policy is applied to affected users.

Check and Update Messaging Policies  Go to the Teams Admin Center and ensure that “Edit sent messages” is enabled and the correct policy is assigned to affected users. 

Even team owners or moderators cannot edit posts created by other users, including those who are no longer active or have changed roles. This is a current limitation in Teams  If channel moderation is enabled, only designated moderators can start or edit posts. You can manage these settings via: 

More options > Manage channel > Channel moderation 

Add or remove moderators and adjust member permissions 

Ensure that moderation is not overly restrictive and that users who need to edit posts are listed as moderators. 

 Most importantly, some users report that the edit button becomes unresponsive, especially in the desktop app. Clearing the cache or reinstalling Teams temporarily resolves the issue,  but this also suggesting a possible bug 

If the issue persists across devices and users after you check all the settings and policies, especially for older posts, it may be a potential backend bug. I'd suggest you can raise a support ticket with Microsoft for deeper investigation. 

You can do so via Teams by navigating through Settings > Feedback > Report a problem   

Additionally, your company’s Global Admins have reported the issue in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center via Service Health, as shown in the screenshot below. 

You can also submit feedback on the Microsoft Feedback Portal and share the link here so others experiencing the same issue can help amplify it.

As forum moderators, we’re not directly involved in product design decisions, but we want to assure you that your feedback is heard and highly appreciated. This is the most direct way to influence future features, and our engineers regularly review user input. 

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