A person added later starts from the moment they join
Who is involved
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Manager | Owns a group and switches off earlier messages for newcomers. |
| Employee | Is added afterwards. |
| Compliance officer | Reads the whole conversation. |
Step by step
- Manager
Turns off 'People added later can read the messages from before they joined' in the group's Details, then adds the employee.
What they see:The add dialog says the newcomer will only see messages sent after they join.
- Employee
Opens the group and searches for words used before they joined.
What they see:Only the messages sent after they joined; older ones and older threads are not found.
- Compliance officer
Opens the group in Compliance review.
What they see:Every message, including those from before the newcomer joined.
Who is told what
None; the change is in the access log.
Related
- Team Chat & Calls
- A private conversation is invisible to people outside it
- An announcement is confirmed, the missing people are reminded, and an urgent message gets through
- Any member adds to a group, only the owner removes
- Offboarding and leave change chat access and presence
- The Copilot reads your chat without keeping it
- Team workflows