Search for the name of your colleague and click the person’s name when you find it.
You can remove people from the list when you don’t want them there by clicking .
Customize Your Notifications on the Desktop App
When working with Microsoft Teams, notifications can become overwhelming, but they don’t need to be. You should adjust the notifications to your personal needs so you’re receiving only the ones you want.
Customize Your Notifications on the Desktop App
Click Settings and more (⋯) in the top-right corner to open the Profile menu.
Click Settings.
Click Notifications.
Decide if and how often you want to receive a summary of the missed activities by email.
Decide whether to receive a message preview and a sound for notifications.
The Teams and channels category is for all teams you participate in. Here you can click one of the two presets or make your own settings.
Click Edit to customize the notifications for your chat.
Click Edit to customize the notifications for your meetings.
Click Edit so you can be notified when certain people appear online.
Click Edit to customize the notifications for approvals.
Click Edit to customize other notifications.
Customize Your Notifications on the Mobile App
Just like on the desktop app, you get notifications on your mobile device. The settings of the notifications differ from the desktop settings, so you should edit these settings as well. Tweaking your notification settings on the desktop does not mean they’re set up that way on mobile automatically.
Customize Your Notifications on the Mobile App
Click your profile photo or initials in the top-left corner.
Tap Notifications.
Tap General activity to edit notifications for all categories (e.g., chat, channels, and more).
Tap Channels to review the channels where you get a notification for any message.
Tap Meetings to edit meeting-related notifications.
Under During quiet time, you can set the days and hours you do not want to receive any notifications. See the next section for more information.