How to stop Teams icon flashing in task bar?

I want to be able to keep the MS Teams app open but I don't want the icon in the task bar to keep flashing at me! How can I turn it off? I've seen other comments about this but no resolution?

I cannot use the registry suggestion as it is blocked on our corporate system.

It is hard enough as it is to focus during the working day with various distractions. It's really important to be able to segregate your time. The basics of neuroscience tell us the fact of task switching uses energy and we need to block time to focus to get specific things done. MS Teams is something we are required to use for work, - when it's being used for work it's not a social media site where part of its function is to distract you - I think Microsoft has forgotten this.

I want to be able keep the MS Teams app open, so I can use the file storage / other functionality etc without the relentless flashing trying to distract me (with what could be a message in the chat from someone just saying 'have a good evening'!!)

Why is MS Teams of the view I must look at every single notification immediately?

Please advise a workaround or I will just avoid using it altogether.

Hello Marianne! My name is Abdullah, and I am an Independent Advisor as well as a long-time Microsoft user.

I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue, and I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.

Please follow the steps mentioned in the thread below:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/for...


Please let me know if the above thread helped you. Thank you.

Best,
Abdullah

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Hi Marrianne,

Please check this article accordingly and it may help you with your issue: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mana...

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Thank for your reply. As mentioned I can't access the registry function because our corporate people have blocked it. What else can I do please?

This relentless blinking is the opposite to helping people work efficiently - it actually drives inefficiency by constant attempts to distract you.

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Hi Marianne,

I see. If that is the case, you can set your custom notifications:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=141...


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