
(Chat isn’t part of Windows 10.) Again, you’ll see toggles for Search, Task View, Widgets, and Chat simply turn off whatever you don’t want.By João Ferreira Microsoft Teams 0 Comments Simply go into the Windows Settings menu on Windows 11, and then to Personalization > Taskbar. If you have a deep, burning hatred for Teams that extends to the Teams-based Chat app on your Windows 11 Taskbar, you can put that out of your mind, too. I don’t want it to launch after I restart my PC. Ditto for gaming if I’m in the mood for PC gaming, I tend to launch a single app-in my case, GOG Galaxy 2.0-and do so after hours. If need be, I can simply launch Teams via the Start menu. I frequently use Microsoft Teams for meetings, but interact with the majority of my contacts via email, phone, or messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, or plain old SMS. Remember, disabling these apps during startup doesn’t mean that you can’t load them later. I’ve also disabled apps for various game stores. I’m honestly not entirely sure if the second Teams app is something I loaded accidentally or if it refers to the Chat app that’s buried on the Windows 11 Taskbar either way, I’ve disabled both apps on my PC. In my list of apps, I see two mentions of Teams: one for Microsoft Teams via Microsoft 365, and one for Teams for my personal account. Since you’re already in the menu, take a moment to look through the other apps that may be loading during the boot process, perhaps behind the scenes.

It’s optional, and doesn’t make that much of a difference, but it’s enabled here.

Notice that Microsoft Edge is turned “on,” too: This won’t be the case for all PCs, but there’s an option within Edge to “quick launch” it, which leaves Edge open even when you’re not using the browser. Turning off apps that launch at boot is a simple process.
