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
    2024-04-12T15:14:14+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 :-)

    Thank you Daniel, but we're not having the success with the "CTRL+W" that appears to be working for other users. Note: We are running Office 365

    Is anyone aware of any other way to accomplish the "hide"?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-12T21:53:25+00:00

    THANK YOU!!! I am telling my entire team! I'm on a Mac, BTW, and I had to press Command + W. You made my Friday.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-15T17:12:57+00:00

    As someone who shared my screen every day, this is the most intrusive, annoying, and useless feature. There is no use as you can just open the teams app and stop the call/stop screensharing.

    Please just get rid of it entirely.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T16:47:17+00:00

    I would like to endorse this feature as well. It is near impossible to switch browser tabs in full screen view as the bar keeps getting in the way. I would like the option to move it, or just make it go away as it doesn't add anything but pain.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T17:33:53+00:00

    When I'm presenting, I like to turn my tabs vertically so they don't get in the way. It helps me focus on delivering a smooth presentation without any distractions!

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