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abrownaus
Brass Contributor
Mar 04, 2022
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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 th...
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    TonyRedmond
    Sep 04, 2024

    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.

     

    https://office365itpros.com/2024/09/04/teams-pasted-text/

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phamtronglam
Copper Contributor
Dec 27, 2022

I'm also frustrated with this bug. Please make just normal Copy feature, Microsoft. 

The current copy including persons name is weird and ridiculous. It hampers work efficiency. 

I always have to delete unnecessary lines after pasting, which is rather frustrating.

 

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DavidStever
Brass Contributor
Apr 30, 2025

Thanks to their "fix" now I have to copy twice. If I double tap the message, it should grab the message. If I triple tap can it pull the name too?

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