How do i make teams show a list of not read or missed teams channel & pm's ?

Currently, Microsoft Teams does not provide a single unified feed that aggregates all unread or missed items, including direct messages (DMs). Notifications for DMs appear as temporary toast notifications and do not persist if missed, making it challenging to track them alongside other activities.

While you can view unread channel posts, @mentions, reactions, missed calls, and meetings in the Activity feed, DMs require you to manually check the Chats tab for any missed messages, which can be cumbersome.

As of now, there are no built-in features or settings in Teams that allow for a consolidated view of all unread or missed items in one place. Users often express the need for such functionality, but it has not yet been implemented in the application.

I accept the answer, but its still fustrating.

Hello @Kim

Welcome to Q&A forum!

Thank you for your detailed information in this case. As I am also a Teams member and use this app for work every day, I deeply understand your concerns. This will help our user experience become a lot better and more convenient for modern busy life, making sure we don’t miss important messages.

However, after double-checking, I also need to confirm with you first that there’s no built-in “unified feed” for all missed items yet. And as forum moderators, we cannot directly influence the product; that will be handled by the Microsoft Product team.

In that case, we can only provide you with some "workarounds" to make things easier and "guide you on how to give feedback" to Microsoft via the Feedback channel.

Based on the requests you listed, I will provide instructions to help you check more conveniently during your work process (My instructions will apply to the Microsoft Teams app on desktop).

1/ Unread channel posts and replies:

You need to select both buttons: “Unread” + “Channels.”

"Unread" + "Chats

2/ Unread @mentions, reactions:

3/ Missed calls & Meetings

Besides, please make sure that you have double check all these settings:

Finally, I sincerely recommend you go to Feedback community to submit your feedback through Microsoft Idea Community -Ideas · Community. Our product team is in charge of the site, and they constantly check customer reviews and feedback, The higher votes, the more attention the related team will pay on.

After you submit your feedback, please share this link in this thread so that I and other users who also have the same expectations can vote to increase attention to your feedback.

I have prepared a feedback template that you can refer to or add to according to your own requirements:

"*Title: A single unified feed in Teams that shows all unread or missed items, with a filter/toggle option.

This feed should include:

• Unread channel posts and replies
• Unread @mentions, reactions, and replies
• Missed calls and meetings
• Unread private chats (DMs)

Goal: Avoid switching between Chats and Activity tabs to catch up."

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