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adam11
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Apr 02, 2020
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Announcement joining/leaving a team

I've been using Teams for a while, but now we're getting the whole company on Teams. The messages whenever a person joins or leaves a team is super distracting.  Couldn't figure out how to disable th...
  • Brad Groux's avatar
    Apr 02, 2020

    adam11 

    You cannot disable these notifications by design. They are there for data governance and security.

    If this is a feature you would like to see added, there have been a few submissions on UserVoice, but none have really gotten any traction.

    • https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35726785-remove-notification-when-you-leave-a-team
    • https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/31589791-notifications-when-a-member-leaves-a-team 

    As a workaround, simply don't make the General channel the main focus for conversations. In my org we limit the general channel for Team-wide updated and notifications. 

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