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
    2020-03-27T14:48:58+00:00

    Well Earl, I think you found a workaround!  I just tested it.  Opened my own Teams call just to see if I could manipulate around the bar using your steps.  It is 3 clicks though.  And you can't confuse your left clicks with your right clicks (LOL).  But if executed right, can keep the bar out of site allowing you to perform your snapshot.  But... as soon as you click again, bar is back.  So, again, you have to go thru the 3-click method, for each and every screen shot you expect to take during a presentation. 

    If you are taking the casual snapshot here and there, this works good enough for me!  But, if you have to take multiples (and quickly) which one of the users mentioned above, this could be a very frustrating workaround.  Nevertheless, it works for me and hope it's a workaround others can use while we wait for MICROSOFT TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER!

    Thanks a million for sharing Earl!!!

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  2. 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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  4. 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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