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Teams Copying text includes persons name
Hello,
sometimes at my work we send each other links to files/folders on our internal server. The only problem is in teams when you do that you get the persons name instead of the link.
So they sent me a link to a folder, I select the link in the text and copy it. However if past that into windows explorer I just get the time and their name.
[15:12] Firstname Lastname
Is there a way to get it to not include the Firstname Lastname when you copy a message?
kind regards,
Andrew
Microsoft finally saw the light and made the change...
Teams Improves Text Pasting and Mic Pending
Thankfully, Teams pasted text no longer contains a timestamp and the author’s name. The change is effective worldwide and addresses a longstanding irritation. Quite why it took so long for Microsoft to understand how people felt about the insertion of unwanted metadata is a mystery, but it’s gone now. And in other news, Mic Pending is a new feature for Teams calls and meetings.
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Including a user name with a message just make so much sense. If I wanted just the mesage, I'd highlight just the message, and go on with my life, and including a name & timestamp is just too darned useful, and in many cases needed. Having to highlight the msg, paste, then go back and now highlight the name/time stamp (and only that data, becauise outherwise the control C will drop part of it) and go back and paste that as well is just too many steps.
This isn't a "Thankfully" situation... this FEATURE.. should have never been removed! There are MANY MANY use cases where easily being able to have a name and a timestamp holds people accountable on deliverables, clarifies when specific requests or comms take place and can clearly define who was involved with a particular situation, especially in IT support situations. I am here to adamantly protest this "FIX" and implore MS to re-enable the FEATURE, at least in a toggle-able method... Adding multiple clicks to get to the name and timestamp copy/paste is ridiculous and a serious time eater... Taking ad-hoc SS with snip it to forward that way is also annoying AF... please please please, re-instate this FEATURE!!!!!!!!!
Software engineers often copy code snippets, thumbprints, and encrypted values, but unexpected metadata can hinder productivity, prompting exploration of communication alternatives to Teams. While attribution is valuable for business and HR, redefining "copy" to include it deviates from its core function of cloning selected content exactly. Instead, I propose adding a distinct "quote" context menu option to capture highlighted content with attribution, or a feature toggle to replace "copy" with "quote" for those who prefer attribution and timestamps. This balances the needs of users who prioritise pure copying and those who value attribution.
Microsoft finally saw the light and made the change...
Teams Improves Text Pasting and Mic Pending
Thankfully, Teams pasted text no longer contains a timestamp and the author’s name. The change is effective worldwide and addresses a longstanding irritation. Quite why it took so long for Microsoft to understand how people felt about the insertion of unwanted metadata is a mystery, but it’s gone now. And in other news, Mic Pending is a new feature for Teams calls and meetings.
How is there a thankfully in that? I want name and timestamp back!
I agree so damned much.Tobias! Since switching off the time & author name, the amount of time I need to use to update every conversation to put back the time & author name into every conversations in our ticketing system, so there is a record of the conversation in most every damned ticket is an ultimate time suck. Can you give them back if we hold down the Alt key, perhaps? You need to have the option please.
I think the highwater mark of convienence inside Micrisoft products was achieved about 2015 or so, and now the tide has been running out on stuff like this, and F7 spell checking and a host of other features that have bene removed and stripped away. It's starting to feel like being nibbled to death by ducks, every day.
- How...SOME people felt about it. I can see your and others perspective as to why you would not want that information included, but there are many others that rely heavily on that date\time and user information for documentation purposes.
Rather than press Microsoft to make it one way or the other, we will suggest an option that will satisfy BOTH sides of the issue.Exactly this... they could have just added code to make the amount of what you copy / pasted an optional thing... Settings >>> General >>> "Do you want to include sender's name and timestamp in copied messages" >>> (toggle yes/no)
I, for one, do not consider this a defect or a bug. I copy from MS Teams a lot and save it into my Service Tickets and my personal work notes. Knowing the user and date\time is important to me because I refer to my old tickets and work notes when I need to contact an engineer or some other third-party for guidance or information.
I noticed that today (2024.08.16) that I can no longer copy all that information. I need Microsoft to configure MS Team to accommodate both our requests, that is to say, be able to copy user date and time and be able to excise that information.- Hi,
triple-clicking didn't work for me either.
Doff of the cap to vldl-fan on reddit:
"Select the text, and while still holding the mouse button down, press ctrl+c."
...includes names & timestamps. It's not as nicely formatted as it was when it was part of the normal copy.
nikita - can you just put a default copy operation in settings as either "message only" or "message + author + timestamp", and allow an override via a right-click option??patjo24 Please follow the steps correctly. The bug is in Ctrl+C and NOT the context menu.
It does happen in the context menu only in older versions of Windows (legacy context menu)
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As a senior dev and quality engineer, I classify this as a defect based on the following observations:
1 - the experience is inconsistent between the context menu, ctrl+x, legacy context menu, and hover menu (win11+).
2 - the copied content does not match the highlighted content, which violates the UX principle where the highlighted content is the one associated with the action.
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I urge development to take this seriously, as Teams is an enterprise software and issues like this lead to continuous discomfort. At least eight co-developers voiced their frustration about this issue in my company alone, and while this isn't causing data loss, it is causing performance degradation and frustration.
abrownausMy issue is that when I copy text messages out of a Teams chat, it has stopped copying my name and the time stamp. I count on that being there, and suddenly it's not, and Teams makes it very difficult to go back and grab the name & time stamp separately. Between your message and this one (two years), has MS made it possible to turn that off or on?
DavidStever The new functionality is considerably better. If you want the name and time just triple click on the message. This is a great update for the majority of users.
abrownperth I just tried triple clicking and it made no difference. My organization has made Win11, 24H2 available to me. I'll try running that update tonight and see if that resolves my issue
DavidStever I have the same behavior, when I copy a message it does not copy the name and time stamp anymore.
I use to find that very handy.
Why can't MS just make is so that you copy whatever is selected!? Much easier.Not on Windows 11 Teams latest version (24193.1805.3040.8975) on my PC. Teams "chat" copying works perfectly. It's Teams "Teams" that is the problem.
In Teams "chat" you will copy what you select with the cursor: message alone, name and date alone, or name and date plus message. Just tested it. It still works perfectly in Windows 11. It's just that double clicking on the message also selects the name plus date. I wish I could change that default behavior.
In Teams "Teams". It copies also the name and date if you didn't select it. That is the main problem. I explicitly select the message to copy and it copies the name and date toom that is wrong.
- Don't tell someone they are wrong. It might work for you, that doesn't mean it works for everyone.
This is still a problem. Fix this bug
edevcnI have just started using Teams, cause my company does, not of free will, and I cannot believe the level of incompetence. This "feature" is the most annoying thing I have ever seen, how can you not account for the users coping and pasting stuff from the message app, you gotta be a crazy or an evil person to go for this approach. Mind blowing!!!
- Pease fix!! Having the same issue!
@Microsoft @MicrosoftTeams I would appreciate an update to resolving this because it is not fixed. Will this be fixed in the foreseeable future? Why has this not been resolved since inquired about over two years ago?
- This is indeed the worst feature I've even seen.
22K views, FIX it Microsoft!!!! Whoever decided that appending extra text to the text that user is copying should not be the one that makes user experience decisions at any company.
- The teams UX is so consistent in how awful it is that theres gotta be like one person at Microsoft whos sole purpose is to seek out and find the worst implementation possible for every feature. I cannot fathom any other reason for how everything is wrong.
