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Please provide a separate app for Teams Chat.

I primarily use Microsoft Teams for the Chat function. Unfortunately, Teams is a slow and cumbersome application that bogs down the rest of my computer's performance. This has been addressed in other posts in this forum, but the issue remains that Teams…

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asked 2026-04-09T13:35:08.67+00:00
Jacob Butler 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-04-09T14:48:36.3666667+00:00
Daniel-Vo 5,085 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Remove Mentions and Drafts Message Groups

I am sure some people have a use for this new group, but to me this just takes up precious vertical space. Mentions are already in the activity feed. Drafts are already highlighted in my chat list. I can turn off a lot of stuff in teams, e.g. the…

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asked 2026-03-04T15:45:53.91+00:00
Matt M 40 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-08T22:41:24.2333333+00:00
AHV 0 Reputation points
5 answers

Microsoft "new" Teams - Messages won't send until I quit program

My teams wont send messages!! I have to manually click and fully quit the app and re-open and maybe* it will send my message. I have uninstalled, reinstalled the program. restarted my computer. I tried updating to the new windows 11 - not enough…

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asked 2025-09-29T15:53:45.47+00:00
Sidney Borghino 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-08T14:35:40.87+00:00
Eva Ugule 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Please disable URL truncation in Teams

Please disable URL truncation in Teams Show Full URLs!

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asked 2025-11-06T22:28:33.97+00:00
Jaime Núñez 77 Reputation points
recommended 2026-04-08T12:15:19.6366667+00:00
Don Varnau 19,755 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Ghost draft won't go away

Yesterday I was using a chat as clipboard buffer. I cut the content from the chat and it marked it as a draft. That mark did not go away. Even after closing and restarting teams. Teams knows I don't have any drafts, but the individual chat thinks I do,…

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asked 2026-03-13T14:23:59.0866667+00:00
Matt M 40 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-04-02T13:47:55.7766667+00:00
Peter Larsson 0 Reputation points
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How can I get a different sound alert in TEAMS that let's me know that the Chat is from a person?

How can I get a different sound alert in TEAMS that let's me know that the Chat is from a person? I have Teams pinned to my TaskBar. In Zoom Chat there is a distinct sound and you automatically know it is from a person. It's the way we have been…

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asked 2026-03-25T21:25:16.0766667+00:00
BudZ 141 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-27T22:40:22.8233333+00:00
Jay Tr 10,980 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to prevent Teams from ruining my URLs by truncating them?

When I paste a URL into chat, Teams truncates the URL like: https://servernameredacted:8443/entity/open.act?id=4a9c5961ac10010f1c30bf181b659c4b&type=pa… That's not a complete URL. When other people on my team click the link, it won't open because…

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asked 2025-11-25T20:06:35.09+00:00
TH 45 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-27T15:19:43.98+00:00
RandallFlagg 0 Reputation points
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Are you able to see a list of all hidden chats anywhere in teams?

I accidentally hid one of my chats in teams on Windows, but I don't remember exactly what it was called or who it was for. Is there a way to see all the chats I have hidden so I'm able to unhide it again?

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asked 2025-10-24T21:41:12.8833333+00:00
Emily Shoji 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-26T20:35:23.48+00:00
NM 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Ability to Delete a Poll in MS TEAMS Chat

Currently, unable to delete a poll in a chat that I created. Please create a solution for the user that creates the poll in TEAMS to have the ability to remove completely the poll card/questions from the Chat.

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asked 2026-03-25T20:07:27.5533333+00:00
Alberto Arias 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-03-26T19:04:42.3466667+00:00
Ruby-N 10,045 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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messages wont send to user

every time i try to send a message to an external user which i have been messaging for over a year, it wont send the messages

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asked 2026-03-24T15:13:23.02+00:00
Morgan Howard 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-25T22:12:58.3966667+00:00
Jay Tr 10,980 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Copilot Agents in MS Teams with Error Messages

Hi, I have a Copilot agent that I use in MS Teams, which has suddenly stopped working and is returning the following error: "Sorry, something unexpected happened. We’re looking into it. Error code: SystemError." (Please note the Conversation ID…

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asked 2026-03-23T15:13:25.6733333+00:00
Carla Hattingh | Oldschool 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-24T09:44:48.4+00:00
Carla Hattingh | Oldschool 20 Reputation points
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Draft icon remains after deleting all typed text on Teams for Mac

On Microsoft Teams for Mac, a draft icon (paper-and-pencil symbol) appears to right of chat or channel name when an unsent message exists. The draft icon disappears once I send the message. However, it's not disappearing when I manually clear all text…

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asked 2026-03-04T18:50:09.1733333+00:00
Hans 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-20T19:30:12.1633333+00:00
Chris Duong 8,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Hide a shared Mailbox on Teams both name and email

I would like to check whether it is possible to completely hide a shared mailbox from discovery in Microsoft Teams so that it cannot be found by both name and email address. I have already hidden the shared mailbox from Outlook; however, it is still…

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asked 2026-03-18T05:35:59.6666667+00:00
Ashish Keshri 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2026-03-19T11:40:30.6666667+00:00
Ashish Keshri 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Want to hide user name in chat box.

I don't want chat user name in chat box. What to do ?

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asked 2026-03-05T09:23:40.3466667+00:00
Hrishikesh Nannaware 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-03-19T09:44:46.1666667+00:00
Daniel-Vo 5,085 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Auto correct suddenly on (and broken) in teams messages to others

Since 1 (or 2) days I suddenly see autocorrection happening as I type. LIterary all of those have been wrong, and since they happen quite a bit later, I have to let lose of my fingers on my keyboard look for my mouse and fix 10-20 places in any…

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asked 2026-01-16T15:41:03.0266667+00:00
Paul Weijtens 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-16T16:42:08.8266667+00:00
Lydia Jansen 0 Reputation points
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My Spellcheck is not working in Teams?

I have turned on the Editor spellcheck and selected English but still no spellcheck?

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asked 2025-10-30T18:16:47.4433333+00:00
Richard Baggaley 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-16T11:16:26.6833333+00:00
Turgu, Akkan 5 Reputation points
2 answers

Teams Suggested Chats

Hi all, I have an issue where user accounts that are no longer active (Disabled Sign-in, hidden from GAL, shared mailbox, etc...) still show in the Teams suggested chats. What can I do to hide/remove these from the suggested chats, or is this suggested…

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asked 2025-10-01T10:22:34.5+00:00
Josh Mould 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-16T03:17:46.1366667+00:00
Teagan Callagher 0 Reputation points
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View Chats from two different Orgs in one View in Teams

We are in the process of merging two companies. We haven't moved everyone into one domain or put the two domains in one tenant yet for several reasons. We have made them users guest users in each other's domains though. We did this so that we can…

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asked 2026-03-12T18:18:49.0566667+00:00
Nicole Albertson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-15T15:13:31.5166667+00:00
Vy Nguyen 9,890 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I was typing a Teams message and hit a key I didn't intend which has but a huge "IMPORTANT" label at the top of my message. I don't want this.

I was typing a Teams message and hit a key I didn't intend which has but a huge "IMPORTANT" label at the top of my message. I don't want this. How do I delete the "IMPORTANT" tag before I send the message?

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asked 2025-09-16T13:37:27.29+00:00
Hal Shinn 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-13T20:41:22.18+00:00
Alexander Trubnikov 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to type a message in new Teams without formatting

There doesn't seem to be a way to type messages in the new Teams without Microsoft mandated formatting. Is there a way, either in settings, or another way, to disable formatting? I would very much like to decide for myself how to chat without Big…

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asked 2026-03-11T20:25:17.23+00:00
Olack, Zachary (NAZ-V) 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-12T14:47:20.3966667+00:00
Olack, Zachary (NAZ-V) 20 Reputation points