How do you copy Teams message without time and sender information?

Anonymous
2022-06-14T11:30:21+00:00

I want to triple-click a message, copy it to the clipboard, then paste it in whichever application, and I don't want to see the header (time and sender information).

Yes, it is possible to carefully select parts of a message, and make sure you don't snag the beginning or end of the message so you don't "grab" the header. This is not what I'm looking for. I want a one-click-solution.

I found this post dating from 2013, about Skype/Lync. I'm looking for the same thing in Teams.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-enables-users-to-copy-instant-messages-without-author-name-and-time-stamp-in-skype-for-business-lync-2013-42c4ac43-9d14-d2be-ef38-107f15033bf7

Thank you

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-17T09:23:10+00:00

    This tilts me so much i'm not joining any company using teams anymore :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T16:58:49+00:00

    This is ridiculous that MS can not seem to find it worth their time to fix this age old BS. It's bassackward that this app copies in this manner in the first place let alone taking years to fix it... Another example of Microsoft's half baked software being released to the public as a solution...

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-19T17:00:20+00:00

    Hi guys, I found an alternative that seems pretty simple to work-around this problem.

    Use Case: Do a triple click on the phrase and with one Ctrl-C, copy the pure text to use it elsewhere.

    Expected Result: Having only the pure text copied to the clipboard.

    Actual Results: Although you didn't select the header, it will automatically come together and there is no configuration in Teams currently to prevent that.

    Work-around: After doing your triple-click, just hit "Shift" and the "Arrow Left" ONCE. Visually it won't change anything, you will still continue selecting the right range, however quitting this very last "invisible" character prevents Teams from copying the header together.

    Good luck folks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T18:53:46+00:00

    Yeah, what was done? Still not working here. Work around still works though - CTRL+A to select the whole message and then click Shift+Left arrow and then CTRL+C

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T10:19:46+00:00

    It's done :) Thank you so much for the update! It's only been like 3+ years :D We are very grateful in my company!

    is it really ?

    doesnt seems so for me here

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