{"id":4811,"date":"2023-06-21T11:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2023-06-21T11:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:10:36","slug":"how-to-change-the-default-file-opener-in-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4811","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Default File Opener in Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019d rather change the default setting for yourself so that a single left-click opens in the desktop app always, there are two places you can change your file opening preference \u2013 a file\u2019s open menu or your Teams settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Desktop\/app will only be available as an option if you have Office version 16 or newer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Always open Teams files in the desktop app | Method #1 (from a file)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To change your default file opening preference from an individual file\u2019s menu, right-click the file, select Open<\/strong>, then select Change default<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then choose Desktop app<\/strong> and Save<\/strong>. Now Teams will always open Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files in the appropriate desktop application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Always open Teams files in the desktop app | Method #2 (in your Settings)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you don\u2019t need to find a file first. Simply use the ellipsis (three dots) in the upper right corner of Teams and choose Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then select Files <\/strong>from the left and choose Desktop app<\/strong> from the dropdown menu. You change is saved automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Always open Teams files in the Desktop app | Bonus method (prompt after opening one-time in desktop)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is one more way to change this setting, but it\u2019s less straightforward so I\u2019m deeming it a \u201cbonus method.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do choose to right-click > Open <\/strong>> Open in app<\/strong> one time for a file, when you return to Teams it will prompt you to let it know if you were just opening in the desktop app this one time, or if you would like to go ahead and change your setting to always open Teams files in the desktop app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Prompt shown when returning to Teams after having opened a file in the Desktop app from its Open menu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ref: https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/edit-an-office-file-in-teams-257a5e88-205a-4fb5-bbf1-c78c3e64de86?s=09#desktoporwebapp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019d rather change the default setting for yourself so that a single left-click opens in the desktop app always, there are two places you can change your file opening preference \u2013 a file\u2019s open menu or your Teams settings. Note: Desktop\/app will only be available as an option if you have Office version 16 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18,1207],"tags":[1632,1633],"class_list":["post-4811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-microsoft-office","category-teams-sharepoint","tag-change-the-default-file-opener-in-teams","tag-open-files-in-desktop-app-microsoft-teams"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4812,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions\/4812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}