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
    2019-10-09T13:22:43+00:00

    Jennifer - your recommended action works, but the second you move your mouse, the task bar reappears. Like the person above mentioned, if you are trying to take a screen grab with snipping tool, you can't because the control settings pop back up. How do you minimize permanently or move it? I can't even move mine to the side or bottom of my screen.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-08T15:51:08+00:00

    Please add a way to manually get that bar out of the way.  It does not always auto hide. Very annoying.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-04T14:20:34+00:00

    I have the same issue.  The control bar being always visible, not only acts add a distraction but also covers slides.  Not good enough MS.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-25T15:09:05+00:00

    I have the same issues as Ben and Jonathan have illustrated. All other meeting presentation tools have the ability to hide, dock or lock the toolbar. The inability to purposefully do this on Teams puts this tool behind every other viable option, such as WebEx or Zoom. MSFT would do well to prioritize this update, 

    Thank you, 

    Gretchen

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