Tuesday Tip 37: Pin or Pop Out a Teams Chat Window

Managing Chats in Teams

2 for 1 Tip: Pinning and Popping Out a Chat

The more you use Teams, the more you have going on in this new app resulting in a need to manage the information and the numerous ongoing chats.  Today you get a 2 for 1 tip. They are similar, in that they both help you manage your chats.

Sometimes we have slow going chats, like projects, brainstorming, planning etc.  These might not have activity everyday or even every week.  Other times we have quick moving back and forth chats. With this variety, there is a need for different tools to help us manage them. 

Pinning Chats

We can use Pinning to pin important chats to the top of a window so we don't have to search for them. This is especially helpful for chats that might not have recent activity, as they fall to the bottom of the list and it can be time consuming to find them.

How to Pin a Chat

1. Hover over the chat and right-click or click the ... (more options).
   
   
2. From the menu choose Pin.
   
   
   
3. Now you will see your chat listed under Pinned.
   
   

Popping Out a Chat

In the quick moving chats with lots of back and forth, sometimes we want to remind ourselves to reply - so we can pop out the chat window. This makes it easy to find and can be used as a reminder to respond. 

How to Pop Out a Chat Window

1. Go to the chat you want to pop out and find the Pop out chat button in the right corner.
    
2. See the new window pop up. You can move, resize it or whatever. Now you're free to navigate to something else in Teams.
   

It's that simple! You can pop out as many chat windows as you want but you can't pop the same one out twice.