Change Your Status in Microsoft Teams

Your status gives other Teams users an at-a-glance indication of whether you're available to chat, busy in a meeting, or just temporarily away for a few minutes.

You can see your current status represented by an icon next to your profile picture in the upper-right corner. By default, your status is listed as "Available." Teams will automatically change your status when you're idle, in a meeting, or on a call.

Set a New Status

While Teams will automatically change your status when you’re busy or away, you can also manually set it.

1. Click your profile picture in the upper right.
2. Click your current status.
   

   A status menu appears, with several statuses to choose from.

3. Select a new status.

   Available means you are online and available to meet or chat.

   Busy indicates that you are online but occupied by a call or meeting. Notifications will still appear.

   Do Not Disturb means that you are online, but do not want to be disturbed. Notifications will be hidden.

   Be Right Back means that you have stepped away for a few minutes and will return shortly.

   Appear Away will make it look like you are away from your computer, allowing you to work and respond to messages later.

   

Manually setting your status will prevent Teams from automatically setting it based on your activity.

Reset Your Status

Once you no longer need the status that you have manually set, you can reset it so that Teams will resume automatically setting it.

1. Click your profile picture in the upper right.
2. Select your current status.
   
3. Select Reset status.
   

Your status is reset to Available and will change automatically based on your activity.

Set a Status Message

You can also set a custom status message to provide some extra information to your colleagues—for example, if you're working from home instead of the office.

1. Click your profile picture in the upper right.
2. Select Set status message.
   
3. Enter a message in the text field.
4. Click the Clear status message after list arrow.
5. Select when you want the status message to expire.
   

You can select one of the automatic options or select Custom and set another time. You can also select Never to keep your status until you clear it.

6. Click Done.
   

The custom status message is set.

To clear a custom status manually, click your profile picture in the upper right and click the Delete this status message button.