How to Find your Microsoft Channel ID

Every channel in Microsoft Teams has a unique Channel ID.  We'll show you how to easily find any channel in your Microsoft Teams account in this how-to guide.

How to Find Your Microsoft Teams Channel ID in 3 easy Steps

To find your MS Teams channel ID we just follow the simple 3-step process below to get the link to your Teams Channel ID.  

Step 1:  Navigate to the channel for which you want to find the Channel ID

First, click on the Teams icon in the left side bar of Microsoft Teams, then select a Team to open up the channels that are part of that team.

Microsoft Teams navigate to your channel

Step 2:  Next, click on the (...) three horizontal dots to the right of the channel name

Next hover over the channel then select the 3 dots icon to the right of the channel to open the sub-menu for channel actions. Microsoft Teams select Channel Options Menu

Step 3:  Finally, select the 'Get link to channel' menu option

Select the icon for the Get link to channel in the submenu.


Microsoft Teams Get Link to Channel

A popup with the link to your channel will appear that includes the channel id after the path that starts with /channel as you can see in the image below:

Click the Copy button in the popup and paste the link.  It will look similar to URL below.  The portion after channel/ in the url and before the next slash is your channel id. 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a0b0d1aae685345b28bcc9dda9010cc94%40thread.skype/Support%2520Channel?groupId=0effc003-6001-4a20-991b-8ba10aaf0847&tenantId=421c85d9-3790-4b1d-9dd7-6fa23bc1c668<br>

In our case, the channel id is:  19%3a0b0d1aae685345b28bcc9dda9010cc94%40thread.skype.

How you Use your Teams Channel ID

Finding your Microsoft Teams Channel ID is a simple process that can be completed in just a few steps. By using the "Get link to channel" option, you can easily retrieve the Channel ID needed for integrations, API requests, or other configurations. This guide provides a quick and easy method to ensure you have the necessary information to manage your Teams channels effectively.