# Share Safely and Manage TeamChat Notifications

Confirm a conversation's audience before sharing files or links, then tune unread and mention notifications without losing required work.

Reviewed 2026-09-02

## Share a file or link

Open **TeamChat** and confirm the workspace, channel or direct conversation, and participants. Review the recent thread before adding a file or link.

Use only information every participant is authorized to see. Open the file or destination before sending, confirm it is the intended version, and include enough context for the audience to understand it.

After sending, reopen the conversation and verify the message, attachment or link, author, and time. Removing a chat message may not remove copies already downloaded or viewed.

## Manage unread work

Use **Unreads**, **Mentions**, **Threads**, and **Saved** to find conversations that need attention. Opening an item can change its unread state, so create a task when action must survive notification cleanup.

## Configure notifications

Open the conversation's notification control or the relevant personal settings. Choose the narrowest option that still surfaces required mentions and replies.

Save and reopen the choice. Use a synthetic team test when needed and verify the resulting notification without exposing private client information.

## Stop conditions

Stop if the audience, file version, link destination, conversation, or notification effect is uncertain.