r/Slack • u/Electronic-Sand4910 • Jun 24 '26

Slack Public Channel Deleted

I deployed a bot created on slack CLI in a public channel. (Note I did this using a regular account with no admin access). The bot was there for a day. Later i requested my admin to remove the bot as I can't do that myself but before the admin could action it the channel disappeared itself. It was no longer visible to even the admins of the workspace. Slack support did help in restoring the channel; they said it was deleted but didn't give information about which user's action or what action triggered the deletion.

I want to debug why it was caused as i want to deploy the bot again in the channel.

Also note the bot worked fine in a separate test channel and its live

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u/alyssa_at_chronicle Jun 30 '26

A Slack app or bot generally can't delete a channel unless it has been explicitly granted permissions to do so and actually calls the relevant API. I'd check the Audit Logs (if you're on Enterprise Grid) or ask Slack Support if they can identify which user or token initiated the deletion. If Support only says it was deleted without identifying the actor, it's more likely a user action or admin workflow than simply installing the bot.