How to disable marketing notifications?

Hi @Kevin Frankforter, 

Good day, and thank you for letting me know and for sharing the example, as it helps narrow down the best setting to adjust. 

Based on the details shared, you received a Teams notification about the upcoming Microsoft Teams Community Conference, and you would like to stop receiving these marketing related notifications. 

This type of message is delivered through the same Teams notification system used for normal activity alerts, so it can appear as an in app notification, an Activity feed item, or an email notification depending on how your Teams preferences are configured. In addition, Teams allows notifications to be shown as banners, in the Activity feed only, or turned off, and the correct option depends on where the announcement is being generated.  

To ensure your workspace remains focused and free of these specific interruptions, please follow these advanced steps: 

Option 1: Turn off the app notifications that are generating the conference announcement  

• Open Microsoft Teams on your desktop and select Settings and more, then select Settings.  
• Select Notifications and activity.  
• Scroll to the Apps section and identify the app that is generating the conference notification. 
• Turn that app notification off, or set it to only show in Activity if you prefer to keep a record without receiving banners.  
• Reference: Manage notifications in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support 

Option 2: Reduce banners by changing how Teams displays non-essential notifications  

• In Teams, open Settings, then open Notifications and activity. 
• Review the key categories you use most and change any non-essential items from Banner and feed to Only show in feed.  
• If you also receive similar announcements by email, open the Email notifications section and turn off the missed activity style emails.  
• Close Settings and confirm whether future announcements no longer appear as pop up banners while still allowing important notifications such as direct mentions to remain enabled.  

Option 3: If the announcement is coming from Teams Communities, turn off community related email notifications  

• Open Teams and go to Settings, then open Notifications or Notifications and activity. Locate Community emails and switch it off.  
• Set Missed activity emails to Off or Never, if that option is available in your notification list.  
• If you are mainly using Teams on mobile, open your profile icon, select Settings, select Notifications, then turn off Community invites and posts or Community emails where available. 

Option 4: Utilize the Direct Unsubscribe Feature 

• Locate the specific conference notification in your activity feed or associated email and select the Manage Preferences or Unsubscribe link typically found in the fine print at the bottom.  
• This action specifically targets the community marketing stream, ensuring that you only receive essential service-related updates moving forward. 

I hope this response has helped address your question and clarify the behavior you're experiencing. Please feel free to reply if you have any further questions, I would be happy to assist further.   

Thank you for your patience and your understanding. I look forward to continuing the conversation.  

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Marketing-style notifications like conference announcements are controlled by the same notification settings used for general Teams activity and app notifications.

To reduce or stop these:

1. Open Teams and select Settings and more (three dots) > Settings.
2. Go to Notifications and activity.
3. Review and adjust:
   • App notifications: Turn off notifications for specific apps that might be sending promotional or community content by using the toggle next to the app name, or set them to Off or Activity only where available.
   • General (in Teams Free): Choose to mute all notifications (except during calls and meetings) if the marketing notifications are infrequent but disruptive.
   • Community e-mails (in Teams Free): Turn off Community e-mails if conference or community announcements are arriving via email.
4. If these appear during meetings and are distracting, go to Notifications and activity > Display and clear Show notifications during calls and meetings.

These changes will reduce or eliminate most non-essential and marketing-related notifications, though core service notifications (like meeting start, calls, and urgent notifications) may still appear unless separately disabled in the same settings area.

References:

• Manage notifications in Microsoft Teams
• Mute notifications during a meeting in Microsoft Teams
• Manage your notifications in Microsoft Teams Free