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Microsoft Teams offers different ways to access, receive, and manage notifications. These settings include how, when, and where your notifications appear, custom settings for channels and chat, appearance and sounds, turning off specific messages, and so on.

Important: 

To manage your notifications, select Settings and more Teams settings and more icon. at the top right of Teams, then select Settings Settings buttonNotifications and activity Activity button.

Manage General settings for notifications

In the General section of Notifications and activity you can configure notifications in several important ways, ensuring that Teams is providing you with the level of notifications and reminders that works best for you.

Manage Do not disturb

You can set Teams notifications so that when your computer is in Do not disturb mode, you will not receive any Teams notifications, except for calls and meetings. To turn this on or off, use the toggle. If you want to configure when Windows turns on Do not disturb, select the link Open Windows Do not disturb settings.

Manage general notifications

In the Notifications section, you have several options to configure sounds and when notifications display. These include:

  • Play sounds with notifications: every notification will include a system sound to alert you.

  • Play sound with incoming calls, requests to join, and meeting start notifications: only incoming calls, requests to join meetings, and meeting start notifications will include a system sound to alert you.

  • Show message and content previews in notifications: a short preview of the message or content will be included in the notification.

  • Show notifications during calls and meetings: notifications will be shown even if you are in a call or meeting.

You can also use the toggle to turn all notifications on or off. 

Missed activity emails

In the Missed activity emails section, you are able set the frequency of summary emails detailing your missed activity, or turn this feature off.

missed activity emails options

Options for frequency of emails summarizing missed activities.

Customize Chats and channels notifications

Notifications for chats and channels can be managed at a granular level, allowing you to customize your notifications to your personal work style. In the Chats and channels sections of Notifications and activity, you can do the following: 

  • To be notified about Chat message notifications, you can select to have those notifications shown in the banner or turned off.

  • To be notified when you are @mentioned, use the toggle to turn these notifications on or off.

  • Additionally, you can configure @mentions for channel and team @mentions, tags, for everyone in the chat, or your personal @mentions.

  • Configure where replies to your channel posts and replies are shown.

  • Configure where likes and reactions are shown.

  • Configure where replies to your channel posts and replies are shown.

To learn more, see Customize channel notifications.

chats channels notifications

There are many ways to configure chat and channel notifications in Teams.

Manage Meetings notifications

In the Meetings section of Notifications and activity, you are able to configure how notifications are shown for meeting about to start, and chat notifications during meetings.

  • Meeting start notifications can be turned on or off using the toggle.

  • Meeting chat notifications can be set to mute, unmute, or to mute until I join or send a message.

meetings notifications

Manage Calendar notifications

In the Calendar section of Notifications and activity, you are able to configure how notifications are shown for meetings on your calendar that are new invites, updates, cancellations, and when meetings you have organized have been forwarded to others.

  • New invites, updates and cancellations sent to me allows you to show notifications in Activity, in Activity and banner, or turn these notifications off.

  • When people forward meetings I've organized allows you to show notifications in Activity, in Activity and banner, or turn these notifications off.

calendar notifications

Manage Apps notifications

Individual apps (such as Power BI, Loop, and more) can be added to teams, and notifications can be managed and configured for each of these apps. 

  • Apps can be configured to turn the notifications for each app on or off using the toggle next to the app name.

  • Additionally, some apps may allow additional options to allow you to show notifications in Activity, in Activity and banner, or turn these notifications off.

apps notifications

Note: The Apps section will not display until individual apps have been added to Teams, and you have received your first app notification.

Channel notifications from the teams list

Hover on a channel in your Teams list and select More options Microsoft Teams more options iconChannel notifications Activity button.

For each channel you can configure notifications in two ways:

  • For All new posts, you can select Banner and feed, Only show in feed, and Off. You may also choose to include replies by checking the Include replies box.

  • For Channel mentions, you can select Banner and feed, Only show in feed, and Off.

Note: By default, channel new post notifications are turned off, and @mentions will show in both Banner and feed. To return to default settings, select Reset to default.

channel notifications

Manage notifications from Activity

Go to Activity  Activity button on the left side of Teams, and select More options  More options button. Select Notification settings  Settings button

You will see the Settings > Notification and activity screen as described previously in the article.

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To customize your notifications, tap your profile picture at the top left of the mobile app, then select Notifications. To troubleshoot notification issues on mobile, see Troubleshoot notifications for Teams mobile apps.

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Best practices for Teams notifications

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To customize your notifications, tap your profile picture at the top left of the mobile app, then select Notifications. To troubleshoot notification issues on mobile, see Troubleshoot notifications for Teams mobile apps.

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