How To: Open a Chat in a New Window in Teams

Open a chat in its own window to keep it in view while you work somewhere else in Teams, or on another screen.

In Chat, double-click the chat, or select More options (…) > Open chat in new window. You can also double-click a person's profile picture.

You can have several chats open in their own windows, but not the same chat twice.

Working on two screens? See How To: Use Teams on Two Monitors.

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Submit a request through the Microsoft Teams service, or:

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