Disable chat in a Teams meeting?

As the popularity of Microsoft Teams rises, so does the need to have more control over how a meeting goes.

You often want participants not to chat during the meeting in order to keep their attention on the meeting.

Or you want participants to be able to provide feedback so they can maximize their participation.

Through this blog, you can get started customizing chat settings during and before a meeting.

Can't do it? Send in message in the chat below and also help others with your questions and answers.

You can also disable Chat in the full tenant. You can read all about it in this blog .

There are 3 ways to disable Microsoft Teams chat:

• Active (enabled)
• Inactive (disabled)
• In the meeting (meeting only)

Manage team meeting chat setting - during the meeting

During the meeting, you can use 'meeting options' to adjust the settings as indicated above.

Manage team meeting chat setting - before the meeting

Schedule a meeting through this blog.

Press meeting options.

Set the meeting chat capability to your personal preference.

Via Outlook Online block chat before or during a Microsoft Teams meeting.

Browse To: https: //outlook.office.com - Choose links - Calendar

Select the desired meeting and then press: 'meeting options'

Adjust the settings in your web browser

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