Manage notifications in Microsoft Teams
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:
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Microsoft Windows can block notifications before they appear in Teams. Follow the instructions in Change notification and action settings in Windows 10 to make sure that your system settings allow apps (including Teams) to send notifications to you.
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If you're using macOS version 10.15 and above, follow the instructions at Use notifications on your Mac.
To manage your notifications, select Settings and more at the top right of Teams, then select Settings
> Notifications
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Manage notification sounds
To turn off or turn on notification sounds, toggle on Play sound for incoming calls and notifications.
Customize channel notifications
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To be notified about all your shown channels, select All activity
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To be notified only when you are @mentioned or when you receive replies to your messages in channels, select Mentions & replies
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For the most control over your channel notifications, select Custom
To learn more, see Customize channel notifications.
Change channel notifications from the teams list
Hover on a channel in your teams list and select More options > Channel notifications
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Choose from All activity, Off, or Custom—just as you would in settings. When you select Custom, a new window will open that has more options.
Note: By default, channel @mentions are turned off and all new posts will only show in Activity .

Customize all other notifications
Choose the Edit button next to the category to customize how you receive notifications for that category.
Categories include Chat, Meetings and Calls, People, and Other.
Only get notifications in the app
Select Edit next to Chat, then choose Only show in feed for a specific category. All notifications for that type of activity will be sent to Activity , which you can find at the top left corner of Teams.
Note: The app will still flash on desktop taskbar when notifications arrive, but no pop-up will show on your desktop.

Get notified in the app and on desktop
Choose whether or not a message preview shows on desktop by turning the toggle on for Show message preview.
Select Banner and feed to receive notifications as both a desktop notification and as an alert in Activity .
Note: In Windows, notification banners will show in the bottom right of your screen. In macOS, they show in the top right.

Turn off notifications during meetings and calls
Select Edit next to Meetings and Calls and then turn the toggle on for Mute notifications during meetings and calls.
To learn more about turning on/off notifications during a meeting, see Mute notifications during a meeting in Teams.
Note: The dropdown settings under Meeting started notification and Meeting chat notifications aren't affected by choosing to mute notifications during meetings and calls. You can modify those separately.

Turn off notifications for specific conversations
In a channel conversation, go to the top right corner of the original message and select More options > Turn off notifications.
As with muting a chat, turning off notifications to a channel conversation will stop updates for that specific conversation.
Note: You'll still receive notifications if someone directly @mentions you.
Manage notifications from Activity
Go to Activity on the left side of Teams, hover over the notification that you want to change, and then select More options
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From here, mark a notification as read or unread, turn off notifications for reactions and apps, and on channel notifications you can adjust what kind of activity you get notified about for that specific channel.

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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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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
First things to know about notifications