Why there is no archive option in Google Spaces in Google Chat?

[tritonhub]

There is Delete the space option but we could use a archive system in Google Space. Is there any developments for this option?

[ajojose33333344]

You might want to post this to the Feature Ideas section here. Doing so will allow it to be upvoted by others and possibly considered as a future feature enhancement.

If you do not already have access, you need to request it first. See https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/custom/page/page-id/Workspace-Feature-Ideas-FAQ#:~:text=How%... for how to do that.

Once you have access, go to https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/gh-p/workspace-ideas-group . There, you can upvote and comment on any similar idea, or post a new idea.

[kda]

I am just discovering this now. I went to clean up our office's spaces for individual projects - and there was no way to archive or hide.  I looked for awhile assuming it must be there.  Deleting seems unwise as we do not want to lose information stored there, but we need to clear out the active spaces list some.

[Merchance]

yes it is very un-Google to prefer deletion over archiving.  STrategic shift?

[alohajess]

I've been trying to find a way to do this myself, or to find any kind of workaround. Did this ever get submitted to Feature Ideas? We need the completed projects saved for future sporadic reference but we need them out of the way once they're completed.

[BZA727]

Any update/movement on this topic? Definitely quite the head-scratcher for sure... Very un-Googly lol 

[fredrik_breitho]

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/Chat-Spaces-Please-provide-Archive-functionali...

[jgb-inplanet]

We would also benefit from the ability to archive Google Chat Spaces - when I open this link I get an 'Access Denied' message.

[icrew]

If you do not already have access to the feature ideas section, you need to request it first. See https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/custom/page/page-id/Workspace-Feature-Ideas-FAQ for how to do that.

[PetPod]

Need this. Deleting is not an option. 

[chado333]

This seems like a no-brainer.  Projects end and new projects begin, why wouldn't there be an archive option?  At the very least, it can be floated to the UI team to just have a hide / show function which requires very very very very little work to accomplish.  A ten minute phone call between the DB admin and the UI team would do it.  This is so easy that they could code this while on the phone.

[icrew]

You might want to upvote the feature idea @fredrik_breitho posted above...

[jcaroll]

Agree.  My work flow would benefit the ability to archive.

[DCBeerTom]

Adding my vote. Not being able to archive is strangely shortsighted.

[susienjpa]

Any update to this request?

[tonypujals]

Waiting to join the list so I can vote, but sharing here why I'd like to see this feature. Our team has comments all over the place, including chat, email / groups, mockflow, figma, etc. I want to consolidate discussions (as much as make sense), but don't want a space to become overwhelmed with conversations that are discussion threads that have a specific topic and timeframe, nor make it hard to find these specific conversations (I know we can use tags, but getting everyone to remember to use a tag isn't easy).

Let's use the example of having a space for "Leads". I'd LOVE to be able to have topical sub-spaces, but I could live with a lexical grouping like this for a specific topic:

• Leads
• Leads - landing page

Many of these topics have a limited lifetime, so rather than a huge list to scroll through, it would be nice to be able to archive (or hide) the (sub) space — but I would definitely not want to delete it!

If spaces could have topics or rooms, that would also be a solution. The friction is having a single flat list for group conversations.

[FlyingFish]

We 100% need this feature if we continue to use Google Spaces for our projects. For legal reasons we can't just delete old chats, we really need a way to archive or at the very least put old projects spaces into a folder and out of the main list of spaces. In the meantime our list of spaces keeps growing and growing...

[vnmusa]

yes we need this ASAP!

[_mohdaliff]

where can i upvote this feature request?

[rswift]

Have we received any updates on this? I cannot deleted - the closest I came is removing everyone from the space except for the people that might ever need access to the 'archived' information in the space....

[NewWalkIT]

We also could desperately use this feature. We are a non-profit that is moving over from slack. This seems to be a huge miss, I hope we get this feature soon. 

[Anthony_Tanta]

Upvote. Please add this feature

[_mohdaliff]

Please head on to this link and upvote the feature. It needs more exposure so that  devs/backend team can see it!
upvote 

[EmileKR]

I'd like to but I get this message
"You don't currently have access to view this page."

[icrew]

If you do not already have access to the Feature Ideas section, you need to request it first. See https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/custom/page/page-id/Workspace-Feature-Ideas-FAQ for how to do that.

Once you have access, go to https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/gh-p/workspace-ideas-group . There, you can upvote and comment on any similar idea, or post a new idea.

If you are submitting a feature idea, be sure to explain the problem that you're trying to solve with the feature idea, not just the idea itself. For example, saying "when my users are trying to do 'A', they often get confused by the fact that the buttons to do 'X' and to do 'Y' look quite similar to each other, which leads to this unintended consequence" is far more likely to get fixed than a feature idea that just says "change the color of the button 'Y'".

Cheers,

Ian

[briddle23]

I have been looking for this feature.  All of my spaces are starting to stack up and it's very hard keep things organized.  So I started pinning my spaces as a work around.  Google says that's pinning is unlimited.  I have already requested this feature.  Can you send more than one feature request? 

[werd9562]

IMHO this is a glaring omission from the functionality. In fact it is the reason we are abadnonning Google Chat and moving to Slack, that very sensibly has an archive facility. If I have missed something obvious here, please let me know. Thanks

[EmileKR]

We are moving from Slack to Google Chat, i'll get roasted over not having this feature ;(

As a work around you can hide channel, or put them in a section that you would hide.
But this is per user, it doesn't seem to be organisation wide. So everyone has to do it. It's a little bit time consuming.

[CoyoteStudio]

it's a good trick

[_mohdaliff]

2 years later and Google be like "hold my beer", this feature will come in 2030.

[FlyingFish]

Good news, there is now a way to manage this (sort of). This is, according to Google Gemini, the only way to handle this:

You can't archive directly as with emails, but you can manage chat history and use Google Vault for retention and discovery. 

Managing Chat History:

• Turn chat history on or off:

  You can choose to save a chat conversation or have it automatically deleted after 24 hours. This setting can be managed by any member of the chat.
• Archiving and deleting messages:

  You can't directly archive individual messages within a chat. However, you can choose to save a chat or have it deleted after 24 hours, essentially managing the entire conversation as a unit. 

Using Google Vault for Chat Data:

• Retention policies:

  Google Vault is a data retention and eDiscovery tool that allows admins to set retention policies for Google Workspace data, including Google Chat messages. 
• Search and export:

  With Vault, admins can search for specific messages, review their contents, and download them as part of an export, according to Google Support. 
• Third-party archiving:

  Admins can also integrate Google Chat with third-party archiving services, logging messages to an email address specified in the Google Admin console, as explained in the Google for Developers documentation.

  So in theory you could set up a retention policy using one of the above options, then just fully delete the chats and you'd have them retained just in case you need them again later.
  
  Another option I'm using currently is to set up an 'Archived' section in your chat sidebar, remove everyone from an old chat group as needed and drag the inactive chat group into the 'Archived' section...the minimise the entire section.

  
  Hope this helps!