How to Use the Command Box

What is this?

Wherever you go in Microsoft Teams, the command box is always there at the top of the screen to help you search, take quick actions, or launch apps. With the command box, Teams is at your command.

Commands are shortcuts for performing common tasks in Teams: update your status, go to a specific channel, show your recent files and saved messages, and more.

Scroll down to see a list of available commands or to learn how to find out when new commands are available.

Instructions

To use a command, type / in the command box at the top of Teams. You'll see a menu of all the commands we currently support. Select the command you want, press Enter, and Teams takes care of the rest.

Command box with default commands

 

Available commands

Command

What it does

/activity

See someone's activity.

/available

Set your status to available.

/away

Set your status to away.

/busy

Set your status to busy.

/call

Call a phone number or Teams contact.

/dnd

Set your status to do not disturb.

/files

See your recent files.

/goto

Go right to a team or channel.

/help

Get help with Teams.

/join

Join a team.

/keys

See keyboard shortcuts.

/mentions

See all your @mentions.

/org

See someone's org chart.

/saved

See your saved messages.

/testcall

Check your call quality.

/unread

See all your unread activity.

/whatsnew

See what's new in Teams.

/who

Ask Who a question about someone.

/wiki

Add a quick note.

 

Find out when new commands are available

Microsoft Teams is always updating the command library all the time, so keep checking the menu in the command box to see what's new. (Just type /.)

 

Details

Article ID: 89795
Created
Tue 3/17/20 10:53 PM
Modified
Mon 4/25/22 3:42 PM