How to Mute Chat Notifications in Microsoft Teams

This guide shows you how to turn meeting chat notifications on or off in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a popular tool for video calls, chats, and working together. You can connect many different services like 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, enable or disable notifications during calls and meetings, enable or disable chat message notifications, turn @mentions notifications banners on or off, turn notifications for likes and reactions on or off, and turn meeting start notifications on or off.

Why mute notifications?

Notifications can be distracting when you are trying to focus or share your screen. Muting them helps you stay productive. What happens when you are done? You will no longer receive annoying pop-ups during your meetings unless you choose to unmute them later.

Adjusting meeting chat settings

You do not need special permissions for these steps, though your computer user account must have standard access to run the app.

1. Open the app from your Start menu.

2. You can also open it using the Taskbar or Taskbar overflow.

3. If a small window opens, click the expansion button to see the full screen.

4. Click the “Settings and more” button (the three dots) next to your profile picture and choose Settings.

5. Click on the Notifications and activity tab on the left. Find the “Meetings” section and click on Meeting start notifications.

6. Pick the option that works best for you:

• Mute: Stops all chat alerts.
• Unmute: Allows chat alerts to show.
• Mute until I join or send a message: Keeps things quiet until you decide to interact.

Summary

By following these steps, you can control how Teams alerts you during meetings. This allows you to work without interruptions while ensuring you stay connected when you need to be. You can change these settings back at any time using the same menu.