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".

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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
    2020-03-19T13:23:03+00:00

    The task bar does hide but as soon as you slide the cursor to get the screen shot it reappears.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-19T12:31:03+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

    Jennifer, mine only hinds when navigating the mouse inside the share area and clicking in some spot outside of the bar. Then after you have to keep your mouse perfectly still and you can not navigate focus to another window.

    It is not a great experience at all, any chance this could get fixed?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-18T14:59:00+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-11T17:01:19+00:00

    Agree with all others who have posted.  This is extremely frustrating.  Having to relisten to a recording to get a  full screen shot of what is shared is not a good solution as it is very time consuming.  Please enhance the teams on hiding the action bar.   It takes up way too much room on the screen sharing space.

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