Microsoft Teams lets you control how and when you’re notified, where activity appears, and which conversations you see.
Notification settings determine when Teams alerts you about messages, meetings, and other activity. The Activity feed shows a timeline of notifications and updates. Quick views help you filter chats and channels so you can focus on what matters most.
You can manage notification settings in Settings
> Notifications and activity
.
Tip
Quickly find what you need by entering category, title, or description keywords in the settings search box.
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General notifications
Change Teams notifications to receive reminders for messages, meetings, and other activity that are most helpful to you.
To change general notification settings:
- In Settings
, go to Notifications and activity
. - In General, customize sounds and change when you want notifications to display. Your options include:
- Mute all notifications (except for calls and meetings): Turn this setting on or off. Available on Windows only.
- Play sounds with notifications: Every notification will include a system sound to alert you.
- Play sounds with urgent and priority contact notifications: Differentiate messages market Urgent and notifications from priority contacts.
- 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're in a call or meeting.
Tip
After adjusting notification settings, select Test notification to see and hear an example notification.
Change sound notifications
Assign different sounds to different kinds of notifications to prioritize tasks and reduce distractions. Mute notifications when you're busy or in a meeting.
To change sound notifications:
- In Settings
, go to Notifications and activity
> Sound.
- Select the types of notifications you want to hear sounds for and choose a sound type in each dropdown menu.
- Select Play
to preview the sound.
Note
Custom sounds are currently available only on Teams for Windows and web.
Notifications display
To change how your notifications appear on-screen:
- In Settings
, go to Notifications and activity
> Display
.
- Choose to Show message and content previews in notifications for more or less detailed information.
- You can also choose to Show notifications during calls and meetings or turn off this setting for fewer interruptions.
- Choose where you'd like notifications to appear on your screen under Position on the screen. Select Bottom right, Top right, Bottom left or Top left. Change this setting at any time for the most seamless Teams experience.
- Change the size of your message and content previews. Choose Comfy or Compact.