Manually Hide Teams Tool Bar during Presentations, or move it out of the way

Anonymous
2023-05-01T18:44:26+00:00

Y'all closed the last thread about this so I'm opening a new one. The problem is still the same and the implementation still gets in the way of people doing business with your tool. What I don't understand is why the previous thread was closed with so many people over years complaining of the same problem. The toolbar getting in the way leads to wasted time telling others to wait to proceed so you can see what is on the screen. Come on, Microsoft, you can fix this.

A new post to reflect that this has been discussed and responded to numerous times in the thread "Hiding Teams Control Task Bar (at Bottom of Teams Screen) During a Meeting (So Screenshot of Shared Screen is Clean)". Despite being in the 'answered' state, this is still a major problem. The core problem is not related to screen shots, but usage in general.

The Teams Tool Bar is constantly in the way of presentations. Either my own, or the presenters. A mechanism is required to allow the user to manually hide, move or pin elsewhere the Teams Tool bar. 

Please fix.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T14:01:20+00:00

    Thank you!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T13:14:22+00:00

    I use New Teams and what do is:

    1. click on anywhere on the bar that is not a button or the pin itself
    2. then press CTRL+W
    3. bingo! it is gone :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T11:06:03+00:00

    Same here. This is frustating me in every screen sharing session !

    The center top is the worst place.

    Please address this problem as it hits every user several times a day.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-06T16:47:19+00:00

    This is a major problem. The toolbar in teams is locked at the top of the screen I am presenting which prevents me from opening new tabs I use from presenting. This much be fixable. I need to be able to move the tool bar to any of my screens. Please advise.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-06T15:52:56+00:00

    This was not helpful at all. He asked to REMOVE the bar. When you need to click something at the top of the screen the bar essentially makes Teams useless. Horrible feature.

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