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
    2024-08-29T15:42:22+00:00

    Throwing an additional request in here for Microsoft to please return this feature, even if it is an optional toggle. To echo other users, I used this feature daily for documentation and tracking purposes. The workaround issue of adding additional text (message preview ahead of each name/time stamp), which then needs to be manually deleted, slows down productivity significantly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T17:33:42+00:00

    Please change this back Microsoft, I have people mad at me, the IT guy, because you changed something that I can't fix...

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-30T07:53:21+00:00

    Up-vote !

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T18:03:51+00:00

    Another vote! Microsoft needs to return this function, I use it regularly and not having the sender in the copied data is a serious problem.

    Doing CTRL + C before releasing the mouse button is not an adequate workaround - it's super inconvenient and also pastes the copied text in plain-text, instead of maintaining the formatting from Teams.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-26T17:55:16+00:00

    This page was one of a few pages I came across when I was looking for a solution, so I'm replying to this post with a link to the other post I shared a workaround in. Hopefully they add the functionality back using the desktop application.

    Microsoft Link - Microsoft Teams Copying Name, Timestamp, and Message

    "Replied on August 26, 2024

    I was expecting to see the name, date, and time like normal when I was copying a message. I had also found it useful to have it included on other communication pieces.

    A workaround that worked for me is using the web version and copying the text from a MS Teams message like normal and it worked.

    Example:

    [10:36 AM] Tim Shivanonda (External)

    I wish I could copy text from the desktop application with the timestamp

    like 1"

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