Chat in Microsoft Teams

First things to know about chats

Start a chat with others

Send a message to a channel

Hide, unhide, mute, or add a chat to Favorites

Open a chat in a new window

Send messages

Send and read messages

Send a file, picture, or link

Send a Loop component

Use read receipts for messages in Teams

Use suggested replies to respond to messages

Share your screen in a chat

Reply to a specific message in chat

Share a link to a specific message

Forward a message

Use file suggestions to share content 

Record a video clip in Teams

Use text predictions to type faster

Schedule chat messages in Teams

Manage messages

Format a message

Edit or delete a sent message

Hide or leave a chat thread in Teams

Copy and paste in messages

Mark a message as important or urgent

Pin a chat message to the top of a chat

Hide, unhide, or mute a chat message

Open a chat in a new window

Search for messages and more

Translate a message

Change the spacing of your chat messages

Be social

Add or invite people outside your org to a chat

Send an emoji, GIF, or sticker in Teams

Like or react to messages

Send Praise to people

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Manage chats with the Teams mobile app

Send code snippets in a message

Use Markdown formatting

Use Immersive Reader

Share to Outlook from Teams

Send messages to Skype for Business users

Do your one-on-ones in Teams

Use Teams with Skype

Accept people outside your org

Accept or block chats from people inside your org

Block or unblock people outside your org​

Change when you get missed activity emails

First things to know about group chats

Start a group chat

Leave or remove someone from a group chat

Personalize your group chat image

Chat in a Teams meeting

Add or invite people outside your org to a chat

Chat with members from your distribution list or M365 group in Teams

Search for a message

Resume an old conversation 

Video: Save a post or message

Filter the activity feed

Send messages

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Manage messages

Video: Hide chats, delete messages

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