Export messages from Teams Chat?

Anonymous
2020-03-18T23:21:54+00:00

I'm wondering if it is possible to export conversations in Teams?  Also I'm just having trouble organizing my Team chats and finding messages from more than a month or two ago?  Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-27T15:24:23+00:00
    1. There is no "Share to Outlook" option available. I can not say why not.
    2. Copying entire conversations is difficult, as it will only allow copying roughly a page at a time. When you attempt to include more than a page, it will either drop off the first part or the second part. It is unclear what the application considers to be a "page".
    3. This is a massive functional deficiency in the application which Microsoft needs to escalate getting a resolution for.
    4. Take somebody off creating new cutesy plug-ins that nobody asked for. Work on providing an "Export Conversation" plug-in.

    I agree with this...' This is a massive functional deficiency in the application which Microsoft needs to escalate getting a resolution for.'MS has to find a solution...

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-25T15:11:46+00:00

    I've posted this request to the Team feedback forum. Pls vote for it.

    https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/909631-tap-users/suggestions/42532600-export-chat-content

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T17:55:29+00:00

    There is a way to copy the entire chat history easily. 

    [edit - I stand corrected on this, this was only working for me - and only sometimes - because my organization set chats to only be retained for 2 weeks. Which means the ability to save certain chats in their entirety is even more important]

    1. Go to the chat you want to save.
    2. Click on the "pop-out" button (in the upper right hand corner of the chat window (it's a box with an arrow extending up and out to the right.
    3. In your pop up window, use CTRL-A to select all, CTRL-C to copy,
    4. and then you can switch to OneNote or Word or wherever to CTRL-V paste.

    This will give you the text of the chat - if you want it to look nice and not have a bunch of extraneous text - you'll need to do some cleanup.... but it gets the basic job done. [edit - I wish!]

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-14T13:36:26+00:00

    Sure, but it seems to be developed by kids...

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-09T14:35:12+00:00

    This is the best answer.

    Agreed 100%!!!!

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