How to Restore Old Chat in Teams?

Folks, today I noticed in MS Teams that very old chats have disappeared. Everything older than 6 months is not listed anymore. If I search a keyword for one of them, I can restore the chat to my list. But I do not prefer that they disappear at all, since I do not always remember keywords to restore them. Is there a way to keep those chats visible in my list. I don't like when they disappear, since I need them occasionally. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I'm using Teams version 26005.213.4315.4117, which the app says is the latest.

There's this link. But be careful about clearing the cache; I don't know if that may delete the history of chats or not. But try the other methods suggested first. I understand that the issue presented there is that all chats have disappeared, but it could also possibly also apply to your issue:

pepanee said:

There's this link. But be careful about clearing the cache; I don't know if that may delete the history of chats or not. But try the other methods suggested first. I understand that the issue presented there is that all chats have disappeared, but it could also possibly also apply to your issue:

Why did Teams dissapeared all my chats and how do I get them back? - Microsoft Q&A

This is not about a retention policy because all chats with a wide range of ages where all gone at once and new chats are no longer maintained at all. The only setting related to this is "Suggestions for hiding inactive channels", but that's…

learn.microsoft.com

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Thank you for sharing. As I looked at it, it occurred to me that there used to be a toggle in Settings for "Suggestions for Hiding Inactive Channels." According to THIS page, the toggle was removed recently. Is there a RegEdit that can get it back? I would really like to show all of those old channels and chats.

I don't use MS Teams, so I don't know what the settings looks like, but see if there's something like this:

pepanee said:

I don't use MS Teams, so I don't know what the settings looks like, but see if there's something like this:

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The feature that she discusses at the very end of the video is what I'm looking for. For some reason, I do not have that toggle in my version of Teams. I assume MS took the control away from users, which is irritating.

I see what you mean. There's nothing in the settings that shows anything similar to that, like if they changed the wording or whatever in it. A Registry tweak, like you are asking for, could possibly be the solution, if there is one. I'll try looking around to see if I can find something for you. And if anyone else that can chime in, that would be helpful for mridzon. =)

Bump.

Does anyone else know how to fix this issue with Teams?