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Stop Microsoft Teams from Opening Automatically on Windows 11?

Microsoft Teams is an important new APP added in Windows 11, and it will be launched at the system startup. It’s quiet efficient if you’re on remote working. While for most of the personal use, Microsoft Teams is not so popular among them or they just don’t want to launch any apps when they start their system. In this article we will show you the step-by-step tutorials on how to stop Microsoft Teams from opening automatically on Windows 11.

Just Stop Microsoft Teams from Starting Automatically

If you just wan to disable the automatic start of Microsoft Teams while loading the system, you can stop this behavior.

Step 1 Open the Microsoft Teams Personal app on Windows 11

Click on start menu and search for Microsoft Teams and then open Microsoft Teams. Or directly click on the icon on your taskbar if the Microsoft Teams icon is pined on your taskbar.

Search for Microsoft Teams
Search for Microsoft Teams

Click Open Microsoft Teams at the bottom of the Microsoft Teams window.

Open Microsoft Teams
Open Microsoft Teams

Step 2 Stop Microsoft Teams Auto-start on Windows 11

Click on three-dot menu and then select Settings from the menu.

Stop Microsoft Teams Auto-start
Stop Microsoft Teams Auto-start

Locate to General settings and uncheck the box for Auto-start Teams.

Uncheck auto-start
Uncheck auto-start

After doing the two steps above, your Microsoft Teams will no longer open automatically on Windows 11. If you not only want to stop Microsoft Teams from opening automatically while loading your system but also want to totally uninstall this Microsoft Teams app. Then, go to the following guide.

Uninstall Microsoft Teams from Taskbar

In order to improve Windows 11 experience, Microsoft preinstalled Microsoft Teams on all Windows 11. But for some windows 11 users, it is a useless app for them and they don’t want to launch Microsoft Teams app when launching their Windows 11 system to slow down the startup of Windows 11.

Step 1 Locate to Microsoft Teams on Windows 11

Press Windows + i keys to open Settings windows and then select the App.

Select the App in settings
Select the App in settings

Select Apps and Features, search for Microsoft Teams.

Search Microsoft Teams
Search Microsoft Teams

Step 2 Uninstall Microsoft Teams from Windows 11

Click the three-dot menu at the right of the Microsoft Teams app and click Uninstall. Then, click Uninstall in the confirmation prompt to uninstall Microsoft Teams completely.

Uninstall Microsoft Teams from Windows 11
Uninstall Microsoft Teams from Windows 11

Now, your Microsoft Teams will not open automatically along with your Windows 11 load. If there are any other unwanted apps on your windows 11, you can also uninstall them just like uninstalling Microsoft Teams from your Windows 11 by the above steps.

Frances

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