Are you annoyed with Microsoft Teams from Opening automatically at every startup? then you are not alone. Microsoft Teams has now become a part of Microsoft 365 product which means it included in most of the Microsoft 365 subscription, and installed along with the other Microsoft 365 products.
If you are not using Microsoft Teams then you will be annoyed with the auto launch behavior and you will want to stop it unconditionally. But why Microsoft is forcing Teams to opening it automatically on every startup?
As a Microsoft Teams users from it launch I want Microsoft teams to be opened it always because me or most of the Microsoft 365 user using this tool as a main collaboration tool and for us it makes sense.
Remember one thing Microsoft Teams doesn’t start automatically unless user manually starts it. When you open the Microsoft Teams for the first time, Microsoft create one registry on your PC and Teams Machine-Wide Installer will automatically appears in your control panel programs and features.
This Teams Machine wide installer will be responsible to install the Teams for every users on that particular PC.
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Option 1: How to Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically using Microsoft Teams App
Open Microsoft Teams application on your device, on the upper right corner click your profile and select Settings
Un-Check the Auto start application button and close the windows.
From now on, Microsoft Teams will not start automatically on your PC during the startup.
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Option 2: How to Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically using Registry
Lets assume you have 100s of 1000s of computers in your network which means you need some centralized option to stop Microsoft Teams from starting automatically on all the users device.
Using Registry Key you can stop Microsoft Teams from starting automatically in just a few seconds. Follow the below steps to achieve this method.
- Press Windows Key on your keyboard to open Search bar and type Registry Editor
- Select Registry Editor on the search result
- Click Run as Administrator to open Registry Editor with admin privilege.
- Go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\common\officeupdate
- Right click select New to create a new Registry Key
- Select Registry type as DWORD (32-Bit) Value
- Type the registry Value name as PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall
- Type the registry Value data as 1
- Click OK and close the Registry Editor
Option 3: How to Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically using Task Manager
Option 1 is the most efficient method to Stop Microsoft Teams from Opening Automatically. However you do like this also:
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager on your Device
- On the Task Manager Click Startup
- Select Microsoft Teams
- Right click and select Disable
Option 4: How to Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically using Startup Apps
There is an another third option to Stop Microsoft Teams from Opening Automatically on your device. You can achieve this as follows:
Go to Settings > Apps > Startup on your Windows 10 Computer or, type “Startup” in the search box to open the “Startup Apps”.
- Go to Startup to find the list of Startup Apps on your device
- Select Microsoft Teams and turn Off the button
That’s it. This is how you can Stop Microsoft Teams from Opening Automatically on your device using the 4 different possible options.