Save a message for later in Microsoft Teams

In Outlook you use flags and categories to follow up on email. In Teams that's less obvious: messages scroll away fast. With saved messages you can still build a simple to-do list in Teams. Here's how, and when a real task in Planner works better.

Save a message for later

1. Hover over the message, in a chat or in a channel.
2. Click More options (the three dots).
3. Choose Save this message.

View your to-do list

1. At the top right, click Settings and more (the three dots) or your profile picture. The location can differ slightly by version.
2. Choose Saved.
3. You see every message you kept. Done? Remove the bookmark and the message drops off the list.

Need more? Turn it into a task

A saved message has no due date or reminder. If you need one, click More options > More actions > Create task on the message. Teams creates a Planner task with a link to the message, which you'll find in Planner under My tasks. See create a task from a Teams message.

What do you want?	Best choice
Find something again quickly	Save the message
Reply later	Mark as unread
Due date, reminder or assignment	Create a task in Planner

Also see save messages and find them again in Teams and Planner My tasks in Teams.

Nederlandstalige versie: Een bericht opslaan voor later in Microsoft Teams

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