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

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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

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-14T17:41:54+00:00

    Hi all,

    Disappointing that there is no setting to fix this issue.

    Here is a "partial" workaround:

    1. Click in any empty space around what is being displayed
    2. The pesky bottom toolbar disappears....BUT if you move the mouse it appears again right away

    This at least let's you watch a presentation without blocking the bottom of the display

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-10T09:53:31+00:00

    Hi MS, please can you not provide us with explanations, please can you just provide a fix for the task bar that blocks the screen, this is the most annoying feature of MS Teams.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-10T00:22:38+00:00

    I have the same problem.. This question was posted last 2019.. Its already July 2020 and we still cant hide the control bar. Its annoying and not helpful during meetings especially now that there is a pandemic where most of us work at home. Thank you Microsoft. Please fix this....

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-09T13:38:35+00:00

    Unfortunately I am not able to get rid of that control bar at the bottom. Mouse over to other location won't help and right click is also of new use. I could not see the content at the bottom of the presentation, while attending team meetings. If you have forwarded the request to appropriate forum and have some response can you please share the link, thanks.

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