how to hide the chat panel in teams?

Anonymous
2024-08-15T22:27:25+00:00

I like to keep my teams small so previously, with 80% zoom and the teams window as small as possible, I realized that the chat panel would auto hide and it would show only when I hover my mouse over Chat.

However, recently chat panel would stay open so it is taking up quite a space in my small teams window. Does anyone know how to make this chat panel auto hide itself?

Only way to make it hide is if I make the zoom 115% which is ridiculously large for me...

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T19:17:00+00:00

    This is unacceptable. I have ADHD focus problems, and Microsoft just added 10 tons of word vomit to my sensory overload every time I need to use Teams for work, which is often.

    I've taken 2 web design classes in high school. This "feature change" appears to be at the quality level I'd expect from a high school class. Extremely unprofessional.

    Microsoft will probably partition this "feature" behind a higher premium paywall, as is their modus operandi these days.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T13:10:56+00:00

    THE FIX!!!!!

    From Windows 11…

    Click on Start, then Settings

    On left Navigation pane click Apps, then click on Installed Apps

    Find Microsoft Teams in list, then click the 3-dots on right, then Advanced Options

    Scroll down to Reset. Click Repair first, then Reset.

    These steps should restore the auto-hide functionality without any data loss.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T13:34:34+00:00

    I already tried this based on another reply and it didn't work because it took me back to an older version of Teams and however my employer has it setup it automatically switches it back to the newest version where the chat won't go away.

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