NotiRewind
Missed a Teams, Slack or Discord notification on Windows? Where to check
If you missed a Teams, Slack or Discord notification on Windows, check inside the app rather than the Windows notification center. Teams and Slack collect what you missed in Activity, and Discord in its Inbox.
The notification center may not have it
Press Windows key + N to open the notification center first. The notification you missed may still be there. But the notification center is not a history. Notifications leave it within 3 days at most, and apps can remove their own, for example after you read the message in the app (see Where is notification history in Windows 11?).
Even when the notification is gone, the message is still in the app. Here is where to look.
Teams: check Activity
Select Activity on the left side of Teams. It collects everything from @mentions in chats and channels to meeting invites and cancellations. Select Unread to show only the items you haven't read. Notifications stay in the Activity feed for 30 days (Microsoft Support).
Teams can also email you what you missed while you were away. Change how often in Teams settings under Notifications and activity > Missed activity emails (Microsoft Support).
Slack: check Activity
Select Activity in the Slack sidebar. It is where Slack gathers everything that needs your attention. You can filter it to unread messages, DMs, mentions, threads, reactions and more (Slack Help).
Slack shows its notifications through Windows. If they don't appear, Slack's help asks you to check that Slack's notifications are on in the Windows notification settings (Slack Help).
Discord: check the Inbox
Discord's Inbox has two tabs (Discord Support).
- Mentions: messages that mention you, your role or @everyone. They clear automatically after 7 days
- Unreads: messages you haven't read in channels you haven't muted. @here mentions go here
LINE: check your chats
LINE messages stay in your chats even if you missed the notification. LINE for PC lets you choose under Notification style whether notifications follow LINE's own settings (Default) or your Windows notification settings (Windows). Windows do not disturb takes priority over both (LINE Help Center).
See notifications from all apps in the order they arrived
Activity and the Inbox each show only their own app. To look back at notifications from several apps in the order they arrived, they have to be saved when they arrive.
NotiRewind is a Microsoft Store app that saves the notifications reaching the notification center as a history on your PC.
- Notifications from all apps are listed together, newest first
- Group apps into your own lists, such as "Work = Teams, Slack" and "Family = LINE"
- Search by app name, title or text
Only notifications that reach the notification center can be saved. Notifications an app shows in its own window instead of through Windows can't be saved. If an app is set not to show notifications, nothing arrives to save. Notifications removed right after they arrive may also be missed.