How to Mute Microsoft Teams Notifications for Calls and Meetings

Mute all notifications in Teams except for calls or meetings

Muting all Teams notifications while still hearing important calls and meetings requires tweaking a setting inside the app. This helps you focus on your work without missing urgent alerts. Follow these steps to mute Teams notifications for everything except calls and meetings, so you only get notified about what truly matters.

Here’s how to do it.

Open Microsoft Teams from your Start menu ⊞, Taskbar, or Taskbar overflow.

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

Launching the  Teams app for the first time opens a mini window.

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

With that toggle flipped, your workday will stay quiet until an actual call or meeting comes in.:

• Muting all notifications except for calls and meetings in Microsoft Teams is a convenient feature to decrease distractions during work.
• Users can easily toggle the Mute All notifications option on or off by accessing the Notifications and activity tab in Settings.
• Users can quickly customize their notification preferences to streamline their Teams experience by utilizing the new toggle button.

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