Why in Teams you are unable to copy the time stamp and name of the person anymore.

Anonymous
2024-08-17T17:06:38+00:00

Pressing Ctrl + C only lets you copy the conversation. I cannot give specific examples because my work is confidential but. This is the reddit post that is talking about the issue I am talking about. Copying Sender Information No Longer a Thing? : r/MicrosoftTeams (reddit.com)

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-15T15:46:44+00:00

    It's absurd that is now May 2025 and the ability to copy the name, timestamp and message is not available.
    I work in IT and it is vital to have these three components as I need to paste into the ticket. Depending on the number of messages, I either have to screenshot the messages or use right click > Copy Link > paste > copy name > paste, > copy datetime > paste. Neither are great, it should not require this much effort when a simple copy/paste would do.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-25T18:08:13+00:00

    "I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised" accurately describes my opinion of this and other issues with Microsoft products.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-25T10:45:33+00:00

    A viable workaround A Ja Pramshafer, though painful that we have to go to these lengths merely for a date/time stamp on an IM, crucial information for records, especially in a legal environment.

    Yet again Microsoft development has their collective heads firmly inserted into their rectums.

    They just don't get it... I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised. :-/

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-21T16:09:47+00:00

    The best workaround I have found since the additional updates (regressions) is to forward the message in TEAMS, then copy/paste the message somewhere else (Word?), exit the message forwarding to get back to "normal" in TEAMS. You can then edit the message you are "forwarding", but it will keep the date/time stamp and the name of the person who made the post.

    Check my work?

    The Windows platform has been and always will be a garbage product because of issues like this. It would be nice not having band-aids and "workarounds", or better yet, stop changing things and leave it alone. Quit breaking everything. Please pass this on to the Microsoft overlords.

    And the "workaround" does work, but this is getting really old.

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