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
    2020-05-25T00:56:33+00:00

    I so agree! Its painful...every time you move the mouse the control bar pops up over the screen. Really obstructive when there are complex slides being shared. It would be great if you could minimise it to a small control bar at the top or bottom so you could use your mouse and not obstruct the screen. Most other applications have this option....would be a great addition...and seems quite a logical request.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-21T16:47:18+00:00

    The control taskbar does not auto-hide for me, no matter how long the mouse has been moved off. Super frustrating when it's impossible to read what is behind it on the screen someone is sharing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-21T05:56:49+00:00

    Looking for an option to move the control task bar to an convenient place on the active screen and resize if possible.

    while using snipping tool, I get the desired result without the control bar but it leaves a dark space. Some times third party screen recorder comes handy to capture ongoing meeting.

    Best Regards

    USP

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T20:45:07+00:00

    That task bar is the most ridiculous thing I have seen. While you can get it to go away if you click outside it comes back as soon as you move your mouse. You can't stop it! Every other meeting app either lets you move it where you want or has it nicely tucked in at the bottom. This thing sits right on top of what is being displayed.  I really find it incredible that anyone could think this is a good thing.  Sure you need access to those controls. Let a user decide where they go or just put them somewhere out of the way.

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