Microsoft Teams File Upload Doesn't Have Replace File Option

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.

When are they going to offer a solution? It's been over a month since this post!

I agree you have written something you consider to be an "answer", but what you have really said is, "too bad, we don't really care about how we use our products. We know what is best for you." Thank you, George Orwell.

Our solution to this problem is stop putting any files at all in teams and to begin looking at other collaboration tools. The amount of productivity loss this change has caused our company is simply mind boggling.

It was really useful to replace a file that you have shared before for an updated version of the same, what a shame.

To accomplish this, you have to find the original post where the file was uploaded and delete that. So, if you had any useful text with the upload, it will also be removed.

Then, to add insult to injury, even after having deleted the post and the file no longer shows in the Files tab, when you try to upload the file again, it says you already have one of that name and renames it anyway. This leads me to believe that it really isn't deleting the file, it just isn't showing it to me anymore.

Sometimes if you go to the "Files" tab at the top you can find the actual file and delete it. Then you can re-upload the file without having to rename. Problem is that sometimes it will let you delete the file and sometimes it doesn't give the option. Very bad usability. Not a good solution. Microsoft needs to go back to the way it was!