Forward a message in a Teams chat

Forwarding a message in Teams allows you to easily share information with others. You can share messages, files, and images one-on-one, with an existing group chat or channel, or start a new chat from the forward message dialog. 

  1. Hover over the message and choose More options Microsoft Teams more options icon > Forward.

  2. Type the name of the person you want to share content with, and select the correct person or multiple people from the drop-down list. Adding multiple people will forward the content to a group chat.

  3. Optionally, add a message above your forwarded content for context.

4.  Select Forward to send your message. 

Want to learn more? See Share a link to a specific message and Copy and paste in messages in Microsoft Teams.  

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