How To: Forward a Message in Teams

Forward a Teams message to someone else, or to a group chat or channel, without copying and pasting.

Forward a message

1

Start forwarding

Point to the message, select More options (…), then Forward.

2

Choose where

Type a person, group chat, or channel name and select it. Picking more than one person sends it as a group chat.

3

Add a note

Add a note for context if you want, then select Forward.

Forward several messages

Select More options > Forward > Multiple messages, check up to five messages, select Next, then finish the same way.

Think before forwarding messages with sensitive information. See Using Teams with Sensitive Data.

Get help

Submit a request through the Microsoft Teams service, or:

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