How to Enable or Disable Microsoft Teams Notifications During Calls

This guide shows you how to manage your notification sounds during Microsoft Teams meetings. Microsoft Teams is a popular tool for video calls, chats, and sharing files.

Why do this? You may want to stop distracting sounds during a meeting, or you might want to ensure you never miss an important alert while on a call.

What happens when done? Your Teams app will either play or silence notification sounds based on your new settings, helping you stay focused or keep you updated during your workday.

You can connect your Google calendar, turn the camera and mic on or off on the lock screen, turn read receipts on or off, auto start Teams, disable Teams chat, sync contacts with Teams, connect to Google Calendar, link your mobile device, turning message preview on or off, turn spell check on or off, turn on or off phone number in search results, manage notifications, turn on or off suggested replies in chat, enable or disable sound notifications, enable or disable notifications for incoming calls and meetings, and more.

Steps to manage notifications

First, open the Teams app by clicking your Start menu and finding it in your list of apps.

You can also launch the app from the Taskbar or Taskbar overflow.

If a small window opens, click the expansion button on the top menu bar to see the full window.

In the main window, click the Settings and more (…) button located next to your profile picture. Select Settings from the menu.

On the left side of the screen, click the Notifications and activity tab. On the right, look under the “General” section. Check or uncheck the box labeled “Play sound with incoming calls, requests to join, and meeting start notifications” to turn these alerts on or off.

That is all you need to do!

Summary

Managing your Teams notifications is simple. By adjusting the “Notifications and activity” settings, you can choose whether to hear alert sounds during your meetings. This helps you balance staying informed with avoiding unwanted interruptions. Note: Changes made here apply to your specific user profile settings and do not require admin privileges to modify.