How to Fully Disable and Uninstall Teams in Windows 11

On the Settings page, go to the ‘General’ tab on the left and deselect the ‘Auto-start Teams’ option under System.

Как удалить чат Microsoft Teams в Windows 11

На панели задач Windows 11 по умолчанию присутствует кнопка «Чат», а среди предустановленных приложений — Microsoft Teams, которое, к тому же, находится в автозагрузке. Если вы не используете Teams, разумным будет удалить это приложение.

Далее в инструкции пошагово показано, как полностью удалить Microsoft Teams в Windows 11, отключить его автозагрузку, а также убрать кнопку приложения с панели задач.

Удаление Microsoft Teams в Windows 11 пошагово

Чтобы полностью удалить предустановленный Microsoft Teams в Windows 11 достаточно выполнить следующие простые шаги:

1. Если приложение Microsoft Teams запущено и его значок есть в области уведомлений (в том числе скрытый за «стрелкой»), нажмите по значку и выберите пункт «Выйти» в контекстном меню.
2. Нажмите правой кнопкой мыши по пустому месту панели задач, нажмите «Параметры панели задач», а затем отключите пункт «Чат».
3. В Параметрах Windows 11 перейдите в Приложения — Автозагрузка и отключите автозагрузку Microsoft Teams. Подробнее: Как убрать программы из автозагрузки Windows 11.
4. Перейдите в Параметры — Приложения и возможности, найдите в списке Microsoft Teams, нажмите по кнопке меню (три точки) справа и выберите пункт «Удалить».
5. Подтвердите удаление приложения.

На этом Microsoft Teams будет полностью удален с компьютера или ноутбука. Действия выше приведены с некоторой избыточностью, но лучше выполнить их все.

Дополнительные способы

Обычно, какие-либо дополнительные средства для удаления Microsoft Teams не требуются, однако при желании вы можете:

Использовать команду PowerShell (запустив Терминал Windows от имени администратора)

Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftTeams* | Remove-AppxPackage

Если в дальнейшем вы захотите вернуть Microsoft Teams, сделать это просто: используйте действия из 2-го шага, чтобы включить кнопку «Чат» на панели задач, а после включения — нажмите по ней, а затем — по кнопке начала использования Microsoft Teams.

Приложение будет скачано и установлено автоматически.

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How to Fully Disable and Uninstall Teams in Windows 11

If you are not using Microsoft Teams app, hide the Chat icon from the taskbar, remove it from Startup, or uninstall it from your Windows 11.

Raj Kumar

Dec 6, 2021 • 9 min read

Microsoft really wants you to use its Microsoft Teams app that why the app is deeply integrated into Windows 11 as the native experience. Microsoft Teams is a free collaboration platform for audio and video calls, one-on-one chat conversations, group messaging, and synchronizing schedules, among other things.

When you login into your Windows 11 PC, you would see that the Microsoft Teams Chat app is integrated into your Taskbar (by default) and the Teams app is running in the background. Not everyone needs Microsoft Teams since most people are already using other services such as Zoom, Google Chat, Slack, or Skype.

Besides, Microsoft Teams icons can clutter your taskbar and system tray and the app will be running in the background every time you start the computer. If you are not a fan of Microsoft Teams and not going to use it, you can hide the Microsoft Teams icon from the taskbar and the system tray, stop it from starting automatically, remove the app from Startup or uninstall it completely from your Windows 11 computer.

Hide the Microsoft Teams Chat Icon from Taskbar

In Windows 11, you will see the Microsoft Teams Chat icon in the middle of the Taskbar whether you have use for it or not. Unlike other taskbar icons, you cannot remove the Chat icon simply by right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting ‘Hide from taskbar’.

If you want to hide the Teams Chat icon from the taskbar, you do it through the taskbar settings. To do this, right-click any empty area on the taskbar and select ‘Taskbar settings’.

This will open up the Taskbar settings page. Here, simply turn off the toggle next to ‘Chat’ under Taskbar items to hide the Teams Chat icon.

If you want to hide the Microsoft Teams icon from the taskbar corner near the tray area, follow these steps:

First, right-click anywhere on the taskbar and choose ‘Taskbar settings’ as you did above. Then, expand the ‘Taskbar corner overflow’ option in the Taskbar settings.

After that turn off the toggle next to ‘Microsoft Teams’ to remove the Teams icon from the Taskbar corner.

Stop Microsoft Teams from Running in the Background

Even when you are not using Microsoft Teams, the app would be running in the background consuming quite a resource. If you want to stop the Teams app from running in the background when you are not using it, follow these steps:

To start with, right-click the Start menu and select ‘Settings’ or press Win + I shortcut to open the Settings app.

On the Setting app, click on the ‘Apps’ tile on the left and select ‘Apps & features’ on the right.

Next, scroll down the list of apps and locate the ‘Microsoft Teams’. Then, click the vertical three-dot icon next to Microsoft Teams app and select ‘Advanced options’.

This will open up the Microsoft Teams app settings page. Here, you will find the ‘Let this app run in background’ drop-down under Background apps permissions.

Click on that drop-down and choose ‘Never’ to stop the app from running in the background.

This will prevent the Microsoft Teams app from running in the background when you are not actively using it. This will also turn off notifications or updates for the app when it’s inactive. Doing this can also help save power, free memory, and disk.

Disable Microsoft Teams Without Uninstalling it in Windows 11

Microsoft Teams is pre-configured to start automatically every time you turn on your Windows 11 computer and log in to your user account. If you don’t use Microsoft Teams often, you can disable it from starting automatically using Settings, Task Manager, or from within the app itself. Disabling Teams at automatic startup can significantly increase your system boot time and free resources to perform other tasks.

Stop Microsoft Teams for the Current Session

If you finished your chats and meeting for the day in the Microsoft Teams and close it, the application won’t stop instead it will run in the background unnecessarily eating up precious resources. If you only want to kill the app for the current session, here’s what you need to do:

First, locate the Microsoft Teams icon in the taskbar corner on the right. If you don’t see the Teams icon there, then click the ‘Show hidden icons’ up arrow (overflow area) and find the app icon there.

Then, right-click the Teams icon and select ‘Quit’ to kill the app immediately.

Prevent Microsoft Teams from Starting Automatically from Team settings

If you don’t want Microsoft Team to pop up on your screen unnecessarily, you can restrict the app from automatically starting up from the app settings. Follow these steps to do that:

First, open the Microsoft Teams app. To do that, search for ‘Microsoft Teams’ in the Windows search and select the app from the result or click on the Teams icon from the Taskbar corner or the overflow.

On the Microsoft Teams app, click the ‘Settings and more’ button (three-dot menu) on the Title Bar, and select ‘Settings’.

On the Settings page, go to the ‘General’ tab on the left and deselect the ‘Auto-start Teams’ option under System.

Now, Microsoft Teams won’t start unless you open the Teams app or the Chat app from the Taskbar manually.

Disable Microsoft Teams from Startup using Settings

If you don’t want to completely remove Microsoft Teams app, you can remove it from the Windows Startup list to stop it from automatically loading every time you start your device. Here’s what you need to do:

Open the Settings app on Windows 11 and head over to the ‘Apps’ section on the left.

Then, select the option for ‘Startup’ on the right.

In Startup Settings, you’ll see a list of apps that start when you log in to your PC. Here, locate ‘Microsoft Teams’ and turn off the toggle to remove it from the startup apps.

Disable Microsoft Teams from Startup using Task Manager

Another way to remove Microsoft Teams from the startup list is through the task manager. Here’s how:

Open Task Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting the ‘Task Manager’ from the overflow menu or pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys at the same time.

In the Task Manager, go to the ‘Startup’ tab and locate ‘Microsoft Teams’. Then, either right-click on the app and select ‘Disable’ or select the app and click the ‘Disable’ button at the bottom.

Now, Microsoft Teams will not run automatically when you turn on your PC.

Uninstall Microsoft Teams in Windows 11

In case you have other communication apps like Skype, Zoom, Google Chat, etc., and don’t want Teams around or you no longer need it, you can uninstall it from your system. There are three ways to go about this:

Uninstall Microsoft Teams using Settings

If you want to completely remove Microsoft Teams from your Windows 11 system, follow these steps:

First, open Settings by pressing Windows + I . In the Settings app, go to ‘Apps’ on the left navigation pane and select ‘Apps & features’ on the right pane.

Scroll down the list of apps and find ‘Microsoft Teams’. If you can’t find it, search for it in the search bar above. Then, click on the three-dot menu next to the app name and select ‘Uninstall’.

Then, click ‘Uninstall’ again in the pop-up to remove the app.

Now, the Microsoft Teams app is uninstalled from your PC.

Uninstall Microsoft Teams from the Start Menu

The easiest way to remove the Teams app from Windows 11 is from the Start menu.

First, click on the ‘Start’ menu icon in the Taskbar and search for ‘Microsoft Teams’. Then, right-click on the ‘Microsoft Teams’ app from the result and choose ‘Uninstall’ or select the ‘Uninstall’ option on the right.

In the confirmation box, click ‘Uninstall’ again to fully uninstall the app.

Uninstall Microsoft Teams using PowerShell

You can also uninstall the Microsoft Teams app using Windows PowerShell. To do this, follow these steps:

First, open Windows PowerShell with administrative privileges. To do this, search for ‘PowerShell’ in the Windows search, right-click on the top result, and select the ‘Run as administrator’ option. Click ‘Yes’ to continue if you see the User Account Control window.

Type the following command or copy and paste the below command to PowerShell and press Enter :

Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftTeams* | Remove-AppxPackage

This will completely remove the Microsoft Teams application from your computer.

Reinstall Microsoft Teams on Windows 11

If you have a need for Microsoft Teams again after uninstalling the app, you can easily reinstall it with a single click. Even after uninstalling the app, the Microsoft Teams Chat icon will remain in the Taskbar unless you have hidden it using the Settings. Here’s how you reinstall the Teams app:

All you have to do is click the Microsoft Teams’ ‘Chat’ icon on the Taskbar and in the flyout window, click the ‘Continue’ button to reinstall the application.

Windows keeps the app packages of the default Windows apps in the system files. When you click the ‘Continue’ button, it will reinstall the app from the backup copy. It will take only a few seconds to reinstall the app.

If you don’t see the Chat icon on the Taskbar, it is probably hidden. To show the Teams ‘Chat’ icon, right-click on an empty on the taskbar and select ‘Taskbar settings’.

Then, toggle the slider in front of Chat to the ‘On’ position to show the icon on the Taskbar.

You can also download and install Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft website. If you want to use Microsoft Teams without installing the app on your system, you can sign in to https://teams.microsoft.com on your favorite browser.

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How to remove Chat from Microsoft Teams on Windows 11

If you don’t care about the new Chat app on Windows 11, you can remove it quite easily, and here’s how.

Chat for Microsoft Teams on Windows 11 (Image credit: Windows Central)

On Windows 11, alongside the redesigned experience, you will also notice that the new Taskbar has a purple button, which is the icon for the new Chat app.

The experience is actually part of the consumer version of Microsoft Teams that comes integrated by default on Windows 11. The idea with this integration is to bring an easy-to-use interface to quickly connect with family and friends with video calls and text messages without downloading another application.

Although the feature may work for many users, Chat from Microsoft Teams is not for everyone since many people already have their chat platform of choice. If you are among those who do not need another communication app, you can hide or remove the app to make more space in the Taskbar and prevent the app from running in the background every time you start the computer.

In this Windows 11 guide, we will walk you through the steps to remove the Chat button from the Taskbar and uninstall the consumer version of Teams.

• How to remove Chat from Teams button from Taskbar
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How to remove Chat from Teams button from Taskbar on Windows 11

To hid the Chat button from the Taskbar, use these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Personalization.
3. Click the Taskbar page on the right side.Quick note: You can also right-click the Taskbar and select the Taskbar settings option to access the settings page.
4. Under the “Taskbar items” section, turn off the Chat button.

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Once you complete the steps, the button will no longer be available in the Taskbar, but the application will still be available.

If you never set up the application, you don’t need to do anything else. Otherwise, after removing the Chat button, the Teams app will continue to run in the background. If you want to keep the app, but you don’t want to run in the background, open the Microsoft Teams app, click the three-dotted menu button, select the Settings option, and clear in the General tab the Auto-start Teams option.

How to uninstall Chat from Teams on Windows 11

On Windows 11, there are at least two ways to uninstall the Chat from Microsoft Teams integration using the Settings app and PowerShell commands.

Settings app method

To completely remove the Chat from Microsoft Teams with the Settings app, use these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Apps.
3. Click the Apps & features page on the right side.
4. Select the Microsoft Teams app.
5. Click the three-dotted button next to the app and select the Uninstall button.

1. Click the Uninstall button again.

After you complete the steps, the app will be removed from the system, and the last thing left to do is remove the Chat button from the Taskbar with the instructions outlined below.

PowerShell command method

To uninstall Teams with commands, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to uninstall Teams and press Enter: Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftTeams* | Remove-AppxPackage

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Once you complete the steps, the consumer version for Microsoft Teams to use Chat will be removed. You will still need to use the instructions below to hide the Chat button from the Taskbar.

Remove Chat button from Taskbar

To hide the Chat button from the Taskbar, use these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Personalization.
3. Click the Taskbar page on the right side.
4. Under the “Taskbar items” section, turn off the Chat button.

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After you complete the steps, the Chat from Microsoft Teams integration will no longer be available on Windows 11.

If you ever want to revert the changes, enable and click the Chat button and click the Continue button. This action will reinstall it again on the computer.

More Windows resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10 and Windows 11, visit the following resources:

• Windows 10 on Windows Central — All you need to know
• Windows 10 help, tips, and tricks
• Windows 11 on Windows Central — All you need to know

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