Quick summary
You can search within a Teams chat by pressing Ctrl + F inside any direct message to instantly locate specific messages. Teams will automatically scroll to the matching message, saving you time spent manually scrolling through long conversations.
Steps
- Open a DM in Microsoft Teams that you want to search within.
- Press Ctrl + F on your keyboard to trigger the in-chat search bar.
- Type your search query to find the specific message or keyword within that DM.
- Teams will automatically scroll up to the location of the matching message in the conversation.



