Microsoft Teams Copying Name, Timestamp, and Message

Anonymous
2024-08-16T19:20:37+00:00

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

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T18:23:39+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T19:24:17+00:00

    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

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-24T18:16:27+00:00

    Now this workaround stopped working. This needs to be fixed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-22T07:04:31+00:00

    Very nice to have the whole picture. Thanks for that, indeed.

    Also good to see that after a few comments with the same opinion in this Reddit thread, a comment follows that leads back to this thread😉

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