Manage Likes and Reactions Notifications in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams likes and reactions notifications are the pop-up alerts that tell you when someone gives a thumbs-up or another emoji reaction to your chat message. These alerts help you see quick feedback without reading full replies, but too many of them break your focus during a busy workday.

You can turn these specific alerts on or off inside the app settings to keep your screen quiet. Managing this feature stops constant buzzing so you only see the chat updates that truly matter.

Turn notifications for likes and reactions on or off in Teams

Constant reaction pings break your focus during deep work. Taming those alerts takes a few clicks inside the application.

Launch the Microsoft Teams app by clicking the Start menu ⊞ and selecting Microsoft Teams on the All Apps list. This opens the primary application window.

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

When you first launch the Teams app, the mini window will open. Click the expansion button on the menu bar to open the full Teams window.

In the full Teams window, click the Settings and more ( …) button next to your profile picture and select Settings from the menu.

Next, select the Notifications and activity tab on the left of the Settings page. Then, under “Chat,” choose the "Likes and reactions" tile and use the drop-down menu to show or hide notifications.

Your options are:

• Show in Activity and banner
• Show in Activity
• Off

That should do it!

Tweaking these notification thresholds keeps the activity feed relevant without losing track of urgent chats.

• Turning notifications for likes and reactions on or off in Microsoft Teams is a valuable feature for minimizing disruptions and staying focused.
• You can find these settings in the Microsoft Teams app to customize your notification preferences.
• Users can choose the level of visibility they desire for these interactions, whether to display likes and reactions in the activity feed and banners or turn the notifications off entirely.
• By following these steps, you can easily adjust likes and reactions notifications in Microsoft Teams to suit your workflow.