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
    2023-11-17T16:13:18+00:00

    Novel idea incoming... Microsoft should just keep Teams as.... Teams!

    Instead, Microsoft should ping annoying update notices and trick people to installing the new version through the Windows Updater like they have done for years with new versions of Windows.

    This "New" tag is obnoxious as can be, if it's that new, then change the icon completely.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T13:52:06+00:00

    Will the next version have "New, New" or "New 2"? What about several years down the road when we get to version "Teams New, New, New, New, New".

    Anyone with any experience in IT or general labeling knows that using "New" in a description of something is terrible since it's not future proof.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-03T15:25:38+00:00

    Hello,

    Any idea how to do it on Windows 11 please ?

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