Microsoft TEAMS Download file progress indicator / bar missing

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Hello dear Experts,

I am going crazy here. :weary:

I cannot find any clue:
When I transfer data from TEAMS I can NOT see anything…
I simple do not know if the is downloading or not. :frowning:
It’s even worst, It doesn’t let me cancel the download! (If you accidentally press download twice or more, there will be duplicate files - after God knows when - and you end up wasting your time and Internet package)

I am even afraid to ask it here thinking it’s a very and basic true, and i am not seeing an obvious measurement.
But i give up… I am just not able to find it. :triumph:

So please, how can i see current progress of downloads in TEAMS?

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Hello @CarlosFuente
Unfortunately, this is know issue, and you’re not alone. :frowning:
Actually, Microsoft does not seem to monitor or list user feedback at all.

They have a channel (Microsoft User Voice), but it’s only another place that also seems not work.

Specifically for this, there’s a proposed request in 2017. We’re in 2021 and they did absolutely NOTHING.

Microsoft TEAMS Download file progress indicator / bar missing

Here you can see the long time request by users:

Microsoft - The Feedback web portal - TEAMS - Add a file download progress indicator

Workaround

I have a workaround, maybe this can be useful for you too:

Whenever I have to download a file from a TEAMS Team, I choose Open in Sharepoint.

TEAMS - Add a file download progress indicator

And in SharePoint, I download it - and I can see the progress of Download and even cancel if i want. :wink:

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Really nice tip, thank you!

Not to mention that TEAMS obligate you to download all files to “Downloads” folder, while in SharePoint you can choose the folder to download for.

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Well I am frusted with this issus. I followed every guide availble online and finally decided to Uninstall Microsoft Teams.

You can use other apps which are alternatives to Teams like Asana, Jira and more.

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Microsoft i s going away from UserVoice:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/uservoice-pages-430e1a78-e016-472a-a10f-dc2a3df3450a

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Thanks @Elea, I have updated link to new Feedback Portal.

So you can continue voting to convince Microsoft this is a needed resource.

Microsoft - The Feedback web portal - TEAMS - Add a file download progress indicator

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