Disable Chat Content Preview in Microsoft Teams

Summary

Learn how to disable chat content preview in Microsoft Teams. If you work in a public space, share your screen during meetings, or teach classes, disabling the chat content preview enhances privacy and protects sensitive information.

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Learn how to disable chat content preview in Microsoft Teams to enhance privacy and protect sensitive information.

If you work in a public space, share your screen during meetings, or teach classes, disabling the chat content preview enhances privacy and protects sensitive information. Below is an example of a typical chat notifications pop-up.Teams chat notification that displays preview of the message sent.

 

1. Access your Notifications and Activity settings

  1. Select Settings and more next to your profile picture at the top of Teams. This will appear as three dots.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Go to Notifications and Activity.

Teams interface. Arrow one points to three dots. Arrow 2 points to "Settings".

 

2. Scroll down to Display.

  1.  Scroll down to Display and uncheck Show Message and content previews in notifications. 

Teams settings interface. Arrow 1 points to Notification and activity. Arrow 2 points to Display.

 

3. Message preview hidden.

When someone sends you a message in Teams chat, your notification pop-up will now look like this:

Teams chat preview where the message is hidden.

 

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Article ID: 155636
Created
Thu 3/13/25 12:19 PM
Modified
Fri 3/13/26 3:26 PM