How to disable SharePoint news notifications

Question

How to disable SharePoint News Notifications, which causes me to be hit with a lot of useless notifications every day thus wasting my time.

Answer 1

Hi @Pleasehelp

You see many notifications in Microsoft Teams about News that's posted to Microsoft SharePoint sites. These notifications link to the Microsoft Viva Connections app in Teams. 

You can control which notifications you want to receive in the following manner:

• On Teams desktop and in Teams on the web, you can selectively enable or disable specific notification types under Settings > Notifications and activity > Apps > Viva Connections. These settings are also respected on Teams mobile.
• On Teams mobile, you can't selectively enable or disable notifications. However, you can toggle all push notifications (including Viva Connections) in the Teams mobile app under Settings > Notifications > General Activity > Apps on Teams. Even after you disable the notifications, they're still visible in the Teams activity feed. 

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