Hiding Teams Control Task Bar (at Bottom of Teams Screen) During a Meeting (So Screenshot of Shared Screen is Clean)

Anonymous
2019-08-13T20:02:08+00:00

Anyone know if there's a way to hide the default Teams meeting control task bar at the bottom of the screen so I can take screenshots of what is being shared/displayed on the without that in the way? Thanks.

Also, Teams isn't a "Category" option when I'm posting this. Nor is it listed in the "Office Topic" while "Skype" still is. Might want to update that since Teams has been released. As such, I'm having to post in "Unknown/Other".

Moved from Unknown/other  / Windows 10  / Unknown/other

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Other

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2019-08-14T00:02:23+00:00

Hi BenBo_2020,

Thanks for post your question in our forum, I have moved your thread to the correct category “Office 365 for admins  / Microsoft Teams  / Office 365 for business”, if you have any other questions when using Teams in the future, welcome to post a new thread in our forum.

Based on your description, you want to hiding the Teams control task bar (like below picture). I just tested this on my side, the task bar will auto hiding after you move your mouse outside of the sharing screen for a while. Could you please test this on your side to see if this works for you?

Hope above information helps. Please feel free to share the result with us or let me know if you need further suggestions, I'll happy to continue to help you.

Best regards,

Jennifer

Was this answer helpful?

2 people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

327 additional answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T07:19:34+00:00

    Yes. It hides when not in use, but the next time my cursor pops up on the screen, it appears just as large and in same position. Why can we not resize it or move it off to the either side versus floating where it always does?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-24T02:30:51+00:00

    This does not work. As soon as I click the keys to start a screen capture, the auto-hidden bar appears again. We will have to stop using Team when screenshots are needed due to this.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-23T19:03:00+00:00

    Brian.

    microsoft are not listening, save your energy.

    this thread has been going for a while and falls on deaf ears.

    they either dont know how to fix it, or dont care. 

    tim

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-23T18:52:17+00:00

    The functionality and placement of this toolbar is incredibly obstructive to effectively delivering and receiving content via presentation or video sharing.  I've found ways to minimize the impact, but the fact that whenever you're active within the presentation window the toolbar reappears is really cumbersome and is hurting the teams' productivity.  I hope that the Microsoft team can find a way to expedite a meaningful update that allows teams to effective move or minimize this toolbar to ensure that all users can receive all content that is being shared with them.

    Thank you,

    Brian

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments