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I used to be able to copy a series of teams messages and it would include the Username, timestamp and the message, but now it only includes the message. I did not change anything about the way I'm copying. I need to be able to copy and paste this data for my work. I have already deleted the MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe file to clear cache, and I've reset and repaired the app. I have had no luck in getting this ability back. We should have the choice of including this data in clipboard or not.
Example of what it used to look like:
[Yesterday 8:15 AM] James Smith
Message
[Yesterday 8:30 AM] John White
Message
[Yesterday 9:30 AM] Jackson Taylor
Message
Example of what it looks like now:
Message
Message
Message
Conversations involving multiple participants, allowing collaboration and information sharing in Teams
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This is no longer a valid option. No amount of fiddling around with the mouse will copy the name/timestamp.
This application is now extremely cumbersome to use in a business setting.
To all those interested in MS giving us the option for this/fixing this, please upvote this request on the Microsoft Feedback Portal: Copying messages no longer includes the who/when context in Teams
Actual state: 469 votes
Not that I have found.
I am no longer having the date/timestamp info included when copying a chunk of messages now, either. I can''t believe we have been left with no way, when selecting a bunch of messages, to have the date/timestamp information included. What I believe people have been asking for here is not a way to lose the capability entirely, but a way to have it as an option to include the date/timestamp information or not.
Now this workaround stopped working. This needs to be fixed.