Cannot Edit in Read only-editor" when trying to paste content in the "body" field.

Question

Hi Microsoft Team,

I am following this url steps below and want to to edit the blocklist of MS teams but I am getting I am getting an error below " Cannot Edit in Read only-editor" when trying to paste content in the "body" field.

ttps://m365community.blogspot.com/2022/12/how-to-unblock-blocked-contact-from.html

Anyone encounter this issue.

Answer 1

If this is an enterprise MSFT Teams, it could be set by your admin.

Answer 2

I had this issue too. The reason for the "read only" is that you are attempting to send the remove code POST in the wrong pane in the dev tools. You need to use the upper pane, directly below where you selected "Raw text". The bottom pane is for the request response.

Here are the full instructions for unblocking a user in Teams:

1. Log into Teams on the web using the Edge browser (required)
2. Once inside Teams, open the dev tools via CTRL+SHIFT+i
3. On the dev tools pane, select the Network tab
4. In Teams, with dev tools open, click the “three dots” menu next to your name and select “Settings”
5. In dev tools, type “settings” (no quotes) in the filter box, and hit enter.  Network traffic captured will now apply to the keyword “settings”
6. In Teams, click “Privacy”, then “Edit Blocked Contacts”
7. In the dev tools window, traffic should appear.  One line should have “/blocklist”
8. Right-click “/blocklist” and select “Edit and Resend” – this will open a new tab in dev tools
9. Change the GET URL to: https://teams.microsoft.com/api/mt/part/msft/beta/userSettings/blocklist and click “Send”
10. This will return a list of all blocked users in Teams, with their objectID GUID.  Copy the objectID GUID
11. Change the drop-down from GET to POST and enter the following URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/api/mt/part/msft/beta/userSettings/blocklist/manage and click “Send”
12. Directly under the POST area, on the row that starts with “Query”, click the “Body” tab
13. Click the words (not the radio button) “Raw text”
14. Next to the “1” in the console area directly under “Raw text”, enter the following URL, formatted for the objectID you want to unblock: {"remove":["8:orgid:GUIDOFYOUROBJECTID"]}
15. Click “Send”
16. You will get a response in the lower pane that says “in progress” with a status code of 202
17. Wait a minute or two
18. In Teams in Edge, click out of Settings
19. Back in dev tools, change the drop-down back to GET and enter the first URL again: https://teams.microsoft.com/api/mt/part/msft/beta/userSettings/blocklist
20. If the response in the lower pane is empty, you have cleared the block

Exit Teams on all devices, wait a minute, and open it back up.  Check Settings --> Privacy --> Edit Blocked Contacts and ensure the contact you wanted unblocked is no longer listed

Answer 3

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