Searching for content in a Microsoft Teams chat

Have you ever been in Microsoft Teams looking for something that you know you chatted with a colleague about, and you’re having a hard time scrolling through all the chat content to find that particular file or link? If you use the chat pop-out icon in a Teams chat, you’ll have a much easier time finding what you’re looking for. Here’s how that works…

In your chat, click the ellipsis in the upper right corner and select the In this chat icon:

It shows a small amount of the shared content, but you can see much more by clicking on See all:

Now you can filter by keywords in the different categories. It starts with Recent:

Or you could restrict the content to just Files that have been shared:

And if you’re looking for that elusive link, click Links:

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