How do I get rid of the NEW tag on the MS Teams icon? (OS X / Mac)

Anonymous
2023-10-18T17:05:08+00:00

I've just installed the new "Teams (for school /work)" (which is a really ugly application name, but I digress).

The icon has this big blue "NEW" graphic on it. It did not go away after opening and closing a few times. How do I remove it?

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Anonymous
2023-10-20T10:30:15+00:00

I think the Microsoft software team have now lost it completely. I now have outlook and teams icons in my taskbar, complete with the "new" label written on them, plus my old icons to the older versions. Complete mess.

When will they remove the "new" label? Maybe the next version will have a "newer" label.

Plus the new icon not showing status is a real downgrade.

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Anonymous
2023-10-23T15:23:35+00:00

Select "Microsoft Teams classic.app" in Finder->Get Info, Copy icon.

Select "Microsoft Teams (work or school).app" in Finder->Get Info, Paste icon.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-19T12:50:51+00:00

    Well duh! That is the point of the question. Just saying "nope that is how it is" is an unacceptable answer. First, we kinda already knew that! Second, it is a really bad practice forcing a "new" banner on something.

    My guess is eventually Microsoft will drop an update that removes it. But they want to passively market to us for a while.

    Still...I hate it. Worse, I hate comments like this one that say "it is by design." You think we thought it was there by accident?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T08:48:59+00:00

    the solution

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-11T16:40:30+00:00

    I don't have the classic app file, only the current/"New", then what?

    If you don't have the classic Teams app still on your machine to copy the icon from, you should be able to paste a PNG from someplace on the internet. For example:

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