Microsoft Teams File Upload Doesn't Have Replace File Option

Anonymous
2023-11-02T15:30:45+00:00

The other day my Microsoft Teams application was no longer giving me the option to "Replace Existing File" with a new version if the files had the same name. Instead Teams was automatically renaming the uploaded file or allowing me the option to share the older copy. How do I revert my settings back to giving me the option to "Replace Existing File"?

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Anonymous
2023-11-03T07:19:18+00:00

Hi, JacksonH5

Good day!

Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to assist you.

According to your description, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the file upload feature in Microsoft Teams. Currently, there is no option to revert the settings back to the previous behavior of allowing you to replace an existing file with a new version.

This is a recent change that was made to improve the security and integrity of files in Teams.

Meanwhile, we're looking for the solutions and see if we can get some workaround for you.

Will be back for you soon. Thanks for your patience.

Thanks for your precious time and your understanding would be highly appreciated.

Hope you all the best!

Sincerely,

Alex | Microsoft Community Moderator.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-30T13:07:40+00:00

    Currently, there is no option to revert the settings back to the previous behavior of allowing you to replace an existing file with a new version.

    This is a recent change that was made to improve the security and integrity of files in Teams.

    Meanwhile, we're looking for the solutions and see if we can get some workaround for you.

    Will be back for you soon. Thanks for your patience.

    Its almost August and issue still exists. Not everything is a date, just make it text with no second meaning, Excel indexing go away

    When uploading FileName2024.pdf twice in row, next one changes without permission or even asking, to FileName2025.pdfIt causes harm to databases,if your files have same name yet different date, after few reuploads older files will overlap with current ones...
    Currently it only affects inside of date for me, 2021.10.07.pdf > 2021.10.07 1.pdfbut random numbers are not replaced: 1234.pdf > 1234 1.pdf > 1234 2.pdf
    also only happens with pdf files for now as png/jpg files turn into FileName2024.jpg > FileName2024 1.jpgUser unfriendly feature

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-06T13:45:48+00:00

    I found if you edit the original post that had the file and delete the file there, then it gets rid of it and you can upload a new one with the same name. Stupid workaround and a horrible solution, but it worked. This really needs to be fixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-06T12:16:20+00:00

    Its useless - I don't think they care!

    I stopped using teams altogether a month or so ago and just email links to a dropbox folder now (much easier)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T16:34:33+00:00

    Hi Alex, is there any update to when this will be fixed?

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