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rayted22
Iron Contributor
Mar 14, 2022
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Hide bar at top of teams sharing

Hi all   When I share my screen in meetings it involves using a browser i.e. I`m presenting things using google chrome.   I get a bar asking me to change my screen size/settings etc on teams. It'...
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  • StevenC365's avatar
    StevenC365
    Mar 21, 2022

    rayted22 I'm not aware of any way to disable it. It's generally needed is you end up giving control to other people.

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Star-D
Iron Contributor
Feb 27, 2024

I see people in this thread saying switching to Classic helps, and I can't imagine how. Maype it's different when using New Teams in Classic Mode vs using Teams Classic?
I still have Teams Classic (fully Classic - no toggle available) & the bar still regularly gets in the way - especially if sharing on a laptop with no secondary display (as often is the configuration when working remote or on the road).

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    KPage955
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 28, 2024
    Star-D, in Classic, the bar is terrible - but it goes away if you pin-and-unpin it. In new, it sticks around for like 5 seconds no matter what, and you get an EXTRA little tiny bar even when you minimize the big one. Amazingly, it went from bad to worse.
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      Star-D
      Iron Contributor
      Apr 17, 2024

      KPage955 , it never really went away for me via pin/unpin in Classic, so it was still awful.  I finally have New Teams now though, and I must agree; as bad as it was, the new bar is worse.  At least by the time I got New Teams last month, TheLocalizer had already found a solution.

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    RK_CHS
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 27, 2024

    I discovered a hack that works well until this is fixed. It would seem that the toolbar is actually a separate application that Teams calls when you share in a meeting so if you click on the toolbar, you can then press ALT-F4 or CTRL-W (shortcuts to close the running application) and it closes just the toolbar. This works great so long as you don't need to "Give Control" or "Annotate" during the session, as those functions seems to be only available in the toolbar, hence it running as a separate application. All the other functions are still available in the main Teams window.

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      ScottStauffer_Insights
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 09, 2024
      Thanks RK_CHS! I will definitely try the ALT-F4 to close the Teams Screen Share Bar. Very strange that it simply doesn't have a handle to move it over, or make it collapse-able... on the top of my list for most annoying "features" of Teams.
    • Andrea2023's avatar
      Andrea2023
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 07, 2024

      RK_CHS F4 works great as a workaround! Amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    • KPage955's avatar
      KPage955
      Brass Contributor
      Feb 28, 2024
      Whoa that's amazing! I'll try it next time.

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