Remove Microsoft Teams Tab

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Deletes a tab from a specific channel within a Microsoft Teams team using the API. This helps clean up unused tabs or reorganize channels.

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DevelopmentIntermediate
6/2/2026
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#microsoft-teams#tabs#delete#api#channels

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Automated summary

Removes a tab from a specific channel in a Microsoft Teams team using the Teams API.

Strengths

  • Direct API call with clear endpoints
  • requires only three identifiers
  • returns 204 for success.

Limitations

  • Requires OAuth token with specific scope
  • cannot delete default tabs
  • need to know team/channel/tab IDs.
When to use it

When you need to programmatically remove a custom tab from a Teams channel.

When not to use it

For removing default tabs like Posts or Files, or if you don't have the required permissions.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill instructs a DELETE request to a local sandbox API to remove a Microsoft Teams tab. It requires a valid access token, but there is no code execution, data exfiltration, or destructive system commands. The operation is scoped to Teams tab deletion, which is the intended use.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Remove a specific tab
Remove the tab with ID 'tab123' from channel 'channel456' in team 'team789'.

Remove Tab

Remove a tab from a specific channel within a team using the Microsoft Teams API.

API Details

  • API Name: Microsoft Teams API
  • OpenAPI Ref: ../../openapi/microsoft-teams-openapi.yaml
  • Endpoint: DELETE /teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/tabs/{tab-id}
  • operationId: deleteTab
  • Tag: Tabs

Sandbox

  • Base URL: http://localhost:8080/rest/microsoft-teams-api/1.0.0

Required Headers

  • Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

OAuth Scopes

  • TeamsTab.ReadWrite.All

Parameters

Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | team-id | string | Yes | The unique identifier of the team | | channel-id | string | Yes | The unique identifier of the channel | | tab-id | string | Yes | The unique identifier of the tab |

Example Request

curl -X DELETE "http://localhost:8080/rest/microsoft-teams-api/1.0.0/teams/{team-id}/channels/{channel-id}/tabs/{tab-id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Instructions

  1. Obtain a valid access token with the TeamsTab.ReadWrite.All scope.
  2. Identify the team-id, channel-id, and tab-id for the tab to remove.
  3. Send a DELETE request to the endpoint with the required path parameters.
  4. A successful response returns HTTP 204 with no content.

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