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Receiving the error message in a group chat: "We’re having trouble loading your messages. Try refreshing." but the chat will not refresh

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asked 2025-10-02T20:12:07.37+00:00
Nicholas Valin 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-08T13:27:54.4233333+00:00
Joe Wood 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Teams Chat grant access to External collaborators

How do I grant ready access to a guest if they do not show as external in a Teams meeting chat?

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asked 2026-08-26T20:30:27.8766667+00:00
Notzon, Cecilia 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-27T21:27:37.3666667+00:00
Ivory 1,155 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How do I export a teams chat history

What is the most efficient way to export a group chat history

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asked 2025-10-07T21:15:31.0733333+00:00
Troy Cooke 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-25T21:43:52.56+00:00
Melvin Morsmere 20 Reputation points
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i can't send any message to any one in teams

i can't send any message to any one in teams and make any meetting

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asked 2026-08-20T20:42:39.18+00:00
Met 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-21T23:09:51.6366667+00:00
Jay1 Tran 515 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Chat App not working and showing up

My chat section is no longer visible and I can't find where it lives to click on any messages that have been sent to me.I have restarted this app and signed out several times. How can I get my chat section back on the left side bar.

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asked 2026-08-17T15:22:51.5366667+00:00
Roxy B. Hatchette 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-18T20:40:27.7733333+00:00
Ivory 1,155 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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I cannot send images in my teams chat.

I cannot send images in my teams chat. It keeps loading forever. i tried reinstall the app but the issue is not solved

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asked 2026-08-15T08:02:39.81+00:00
U Chris 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-17T00:23:35.36+00:00
Kien 980 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

Microsoft Teams Keeps Failing To Send Messages

This is purely a work-related issue as I don't use Teams anywhere else but I've encountered this multiple times and the issue keeps returning no matter how many times I attempt to fix it. I will start Teams at the beginning of my shift and it will…

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asked 2026-08-13T10:30:26.6633333+00:00
Harold Wagner 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-14T14:11:47.8+00:00
Austin Brock 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why is my chat history gone

I have multiple chats and in some, the previous history is no longer showing. Even comments from last week have disappeared. Why has this been removed?

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asked 2026-06-05T18:05:31.3633333+00:00
Melissa Morris 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-12T21:28:58.3666667+00:00
Joe Lawrence 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Teams is posting my message in different channel and chat intermittently

Hi, I create a group chat with 3 users and posted a message. I noticed it ended up in a Meeting chat group where those 3 users existed with a wider group. The chat was sensitive and should not have gone to the wider audience. I have just seen another…

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asked 2025-12-04T12:58:52.8933333+00:00
Nasir Akhtar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-07T12:10:12.5033333+00:00
CJ 0 Reputation points
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will the select, copy, and paste with the name and time stamp option ever come back?

this is a feature of teams that never should have been removed but i have found the below to work; please offer alternatives to your audience/users there are 2 other options to use  select function then print screen and select what you want to copy…

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asked 2026-08-03T16:48:01.1533333+00:00
Mills, Lena 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-08-03T17:02:28.16+00:00
Jayden-P 2,440 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How to download the chat and channel history

My email is getting changed. I need to port all my chat history with on teams with my new organization email

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asked 2026-07-30T07:19:47.0633333+00:00
Quazi, Ilyas Ahmed 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-31T14:07:21.44+00:00
Tamara-Hu 17,955 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to write equations in Teams ?

Is there a way to write equations in Teams ? Either in Latex or using Word Format. The last occurrence of this question dates back to 2021, and there was no answer for Teams. Was there anything new since then ?

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asked 2026-07-30T08:29:58.3466667+00:00
Alex 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-30T20:36:11.3533333+00:00
Cynthia Livingston 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to find Collaborative Notes in Teams mobile app

I’m using Collaborative Notes in a Microsoft Teams group chat, as described in this Microsoft support article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-collaborative-notes-in-microsoft-teams-chats-6f19dd1f-b37a-47a2-9795-bb5deb4d0f58 On desktop, I…

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asked 2026-05-21T19:54:36.67+00:00
jose david patarroyo 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-28T17:06:29.98+00:00
Mapchan, Shristi 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Same small group of external members repeatedly, silently removed from Teams group chat — not tied to Guest vs. External status

I manage a Teams group chat (business tenant, 64 members across ~37 external domains) that's experienced repeated, unexplained removals of the same handful of external members over nearly two months — July 1, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23, and 24. Key details…

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asked 2026-07-24T22:07:35.6566667+00:00
Claudia Catlett 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-25T04:29:18.3033333+00:00
Huy-K 13,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I am able to view "Read by in particular 2 groups

Hi The setting is On and I am able to view "Read by" in 3-4 groups but not in particular 2 groups. So need to know If there is any setting can be done on particular Group chat.

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asked 2026-07-24T05:38:27.0433333+00:00
Ankit Dashore 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-24T05:59:46.4+00:00
Ruwim.B 6,900 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

Group Chat with Externals issue

We are in a Cross Tenant Sync with another company - this happens in our home tenant. We had a group chat that we added 9 people from the other company. It was working fine, then all of a sudden it kicked all externals. We now can't add the externals…

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asked 2026-07-22T22:52:10.25+00:00
Connor 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-23T03:06:02.9+00:00
Darren-Ng 12,770 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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@teams I can no longer copy and paste text or pictures in Teams chats. When I right click to paste the only option i have is select all.

@Anonymous I can no longer copy and paste text or pictures in Teams chats. When I right click to paste the only option i have is select all.

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asked 2026-04-18T07:54:02.8+00:00
Nicki Danielson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-21T11:59:24.5+00:00
Ruwim.B 6,900 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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An unknown external user joined a teams chat, they have no info and I can't remove them/block them

I wanted to create a chat with a user outside of my organization, and after a while an unknown user (which we will call John Cert) joined said chat: there is no Linkedin data, no email visible, no organization info, nothing. Is there some way to limit…

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asked 2026-07-15T10:02:31.2266667+00:00
Cristiano Olivari 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T11:02:02.85+00:00
Fazal Qureshi 5 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Read Receipts

How do I turn OFF read receipts on my Microsoft Teams account?

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asked 2026-07-10T18:38:47.89+00:00
M 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-14T16:31:20.58+00:00
M 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Teams Chat Extraction

Hello, I have an enterprise account via GoDaddy. I am the sole owner of the company and have the administrative rights. I wish to extract all teams chats of which I am a member and would like to have the full history of each. I have tried copy pasting…

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asked 2026-07-07T09:32:52.3866667+00:00
Gregory Tugendhat 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-08T13:35:32.45+00:00
Jess-Q 12,705 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator