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Manage Notifications in Microsoft Teams

This article applies to: Microsoft Teams

Access Notification Settings

  1. In the top right of the Teams App, select the Settings and more (…) button next to your account icon, then from the dropdown menu select Settings.
  2. From the Settings menu on the left side of the App, select Notifications and activity.

Manage Specific Notification Settings 

 Microsoft provides instructions for adjusting specific notification settings in Teams.

Hide, Favorite, and Show a Channel

These tips apply to specific channels of a larger team, not the team itself.

Hide a Channel

This will hide them from your list of channels, as well as mute most notifications related to the channel. If you are part of a large team this can help you focus on the channels that pertain to you directly.

  1. Go to the channel name and select More options
  2. Select Hide
You will still be notified if someone @mentions your name.

Favorite a Channel

Add chats and channels to your list of favorites to find them quickly.

  1. Go to the chat or channel name and select More options (the ... symbol)
  2. Select Show in
  3. Select Favorites

Show a Channel

To reveal a channel that you have previously hidden:

  1. From the bottom of your list of chats and channels, select See all your teams.
  2. Select the team you're looking for.
  3. Select Show next to the channel you'd like to show.

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