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Setting quiet time for Teams phone

If you don’t want to receive calls or messages when you’re busy or when you are not at work, you can change these settings and set up quiet time.

Set quiet time on your mobile phone

  1. Open Teams on your mobile phone. 
  2. Click on your profile picture in the top left corner, and click on Settings.Screenshot of the Teams mobile app, with a circle around the profile picture in the top left cornerScreenshot of the Teams mobile app, with a red circle around the button that leads to settings.
  3. Click on Notifications.

    Screenshot from settings in the Teams mobile app with a red circle around the button that leads to notification settings

  4. Scroll down to the Block notifications section and click on Block during quiet hours.

    Screenshot of notification settings in Teams mobile app with a red circle around the button for blocking notifications during quiet hours

  5. Toggle Certain hours on to set up quiet hours, and choose the times and days you want. If you want quiet time for entire days, toggle on All Day.

    Screenshot of the settings for quiet hours in the Teams mobile app with a red circle around the toggle button for adjusting quiet hours

To sync your quiet time across all your mobile devices, toggle on Set on Teams and Outlook. Your quiet time schedule will then sync across all Teams and Outlook mobile apps where you are signed in with the same account.

Set quiet time on your computer

  1. Open Teams on your computer.
  2. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.Screenshot of the Teams desktop app with a red circle around the profile picture in the top right corner
  3. Click on your availability status.

    Screenshot of the user section in the Teams desktop app, with a red circle around the availability status

  4. Select Do not disturb. You will not receive notifications with this option selected.

    Screenshot of the availability options on the Teams desktop app, with a red circle around the Do not disturb-availability

     

  5. You can set the duration for your availability status by clicking Duration, choosing a status, and selecting when the status should reset.Screenshot of the duration settings for availability in the Teams desktop appScreenshot of the availability options in the Teams desktop app, with a red circle around the button for Duration

 

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Published Aug. 22, 2025 - Last modified Aug. 22, 2025
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