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
    2020-03-27T01:41:24+00:00

    I think I found a workaround, please let me know if this works for you.

    1. Left click over the presenter's video, which hides the bar. 
    2. Whitout moving the cursor after step 1, make a right click which shows a contextual menu.
    3. Move the cursor out of the teams window and make a right click, the contextual menu disappers and the Team's bar stays hidden.

    Cheers,

    Earl.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T22:24:25+00:00

    Same problem here. But it is even worse when you are the presenter. Because in that case, even moving the mouse away does not remove the bar. So your audience cannot see the bottom portion of the slides you are presenting. This is not just a nuisance, it makes it impossible to use Teams for distance learning. Please help!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T18:08:54+00:00

    Hi. 

    I work for the NHS, and raised it with my IT team. They seemed powerless. 

    This is high school programming to resolve this, it's not new technology . It's the type of thing you give the new starter to test their skill . 

    I think we have to assume that for whatever reason Microsoft just don't care.

    PS, if you set your screen zoom to the lowest you can manage with, it minimises the impact but doesn't solve the problem as the user has to trade functionality for ease of us . 

    Sad day for Microsoft that they don't care about user experience.

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