Today, almost every service that is connected in any way with online communication has a status.

And Microsoft Teams is no exception in this case.

Usually, the status icon works steadily.

How to fix Microsoft Teams isn’t updating your status

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However, sometimes users experience problems, and the status doesnt change.

Its actually a pretty strange bug.

For example, you selectedBusy, but the icon itself doesnt change and remainsAvailable.

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It may seem insignificant if you use Teams for everyday informal communication.

However, the status icon should be critical if you use it for work.

Fortunately, there are many ways how to fix it.

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So lets look at each of them in more detail.

Reset your Microsoft Team status

The Microsoft Teams status bar has a built-in status refresh feature.

So go through this to use it:

after you grab completed these steps, the bug should disappear.

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give a shot to change your status.

However, if you still cant update it, move to the next solution.

Resign into your Teams account

Often, the common reset helps.

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But if not, you could first venture to bail out and enter again to your Microsoft Teams account.

Its a little weird but fixable.

Just bounce of all active sessions.

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Then the system will focus on just one rig, and you could upgrade your status.

This means that Teams imports status from Office Suite.

Remove the tweaks file

All Teams tweaks are stored in a particular file on your system.

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It is possible that this file could be corrupted.

This can be the cause of status failures.

Therefore, this file should be deleted.

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You should log into the app and adjust all the tweaks.

However, deleting the file wont affect any data in the cloud.

So do the following:

After completing these steps, exit of Teams and cycle your box.

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Then log back into your account and see if the status error is resolved.

So lets take a look at how to do this.

Of course, the easiest thing to do is join a meeting that someone else has already started.

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So it’s possible for you to ask your friend for help.

So follow these instructions:

However, thats not the end of it.

You should wait a few minutes and then cancel the meeting.

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Finally, open Teams again and see if this fixes the status error.

As a last resort, you’re able to venture to reinstall Microsoft Teams to fix the status.