How to copy teams chat with Timestamp?

Anonymous
2024-08-19T13:13:28+00:00

Ever since this month and while using the new team application, I can no longer copy teams chat message with the timestamp. I need the timestamp to reference conversations and it would be a pain to add the time and date stamps for every message I need to copy. Also I found that you can copy messages with a partial timestamp by highlighting the chat messages and press control c while holding the right click button on my mouse. This also doesn't help as I get a preview message with double names. It would be a pain to remove part of a line per chat message I am copying. Is there a way to restore the old copying with the timestamp and an option for those who don't want the timestamp. I know skype had this functionality.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-07T20:30:02+00:00

    "Choosing Microsoft"?? Few of us intentionally 'chose' Mushysoft. Frankly, what options are out there. And ever since Bill left, it's gone to pot. You take away practical features and provide goofy social media type garbage! Shouldn't office products be designed for office workers?? I'd say I'm done with it, but where to go?? Pathetic!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-07T20:35:09+00:00

    SEEE!!! They do read these comments cause they read yours and took it away from the web version too. Man i hate mushysoft!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-08T21:18:50+00:00

    My customer has the same issue he wants to copy the timestamp.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-15T17:25:28+00:00

    My only workaround this is >>"Copy the data dragging it from the bottom all the way up to the Name Icon(Headers) or ctrl+ A on the chat>>paste this in a notepad and only copy the chat what you need from this and paste the data anywhere with the timeline included>>works like a charm for me with the least time consumption.

    This works for me in the desktop version of Teams (25094.310.3616.953).

    Ctrl-A captures the name, timestamps, and reactions, but you have to delete any previous chat lines and there's also a summary line before the name/timestamp lines that you should delete as well. Still too time-consuming to edit to get what you need.

    Copying data dragging downward or upward with the various methods did not work for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-16T06:11:48+00:00

    workaround <> "like a charm" ... ;-)

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