How to Mute Microsoft Teams Notifications for Calls and Meetings

You can mute Microsoft Teams notifications for calls and meetings by enabling the “Quiet hours” setting.

Quiet hours in Microsoft Teams lets you silence all non-urgent notifications, ensuring you receive alerts only for direct calls and scheduled meetings. This feature helps you maintain focus during your workday without missing critical communications.

When you activate quiet hours, Teams silences alerts for new chat messages, channel activity, and other non-essential updates. You’ll still get notifications for incoming calls and when your scheduled meetings begin, keeping you connected to what matters most.

To get started, open the app from your Start menu or your list of apps.

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

When you first launch the  Teams app, a small window will appear.

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1. In the main Teams window, look for the Settings and more button (represented by three dots) next to your profile picture.
2. Click it and select Settings from the menu.

3. On the left side of the screen, click on Notifications and activity.
4. Look under the General section on the right side.
5. Find the switch labeled Mute all notifications (except for calls and meetings) and toggle it to the On position.

Summary

Muting non-essential notifications in Microsoft Teams is a great way to improve your focus. By following the steps above, you can quickly turn off distracting alerts while ensuring you never miss an important meeting. If you ever need to see all your notifications again, simply return to the same settings menu and toggle the switch back to Off.