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How to Disable Microsoft Teams at Windows Startup

Stop Microsoft Teams from opening automatically every time your Windows PC starts.

Before you start

This guide does not remove Microsoft Teams. It only disables automatic startup.
You can still run Teams manually later if you need it.
Depending on the PC, Microsoft Teams may appear more than once in startup items.
This guide is most useful when a Teams popup appears every time Windows boots.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Confirm the Microsoft Teams popup

On some PCs using Microsoft 365 or Office 365, Microsoft Teams may start showing a login popup every time Windows boots. If you do not need it, disabling automatic startup can make the PC feel less annoying.

Microsoft Teams startup popup window on Windows

2. Open Task Manager from the taskbar

Right-click the taskbar and open Task Manager. This is the easiest way to reach the startup app list.

Right click taskbar and open Task Manager in Windows
Alternative

You can also press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager directly.

3. Disable Microsoft Teams in Startup

In Task Manager, go to the Startup tab or Startup apps section. Find Microsoft Teams, right-click it, and choose Disable.

Disable Microsoft Teams in Windows startup apps
Important

If your PC shows two Microsoft Teams entries, disable both. In many cases, that is the simplest way to stop the popup from appearing at boot.

After that

Restart the PC and check whether the Microsoft Teams window is gone.

Common issues

Teams still opens after disabling startup

Some versions of Teams also have an internal option to start automatically. Open Teams settings and check whether auto-start is still enabled there.

There are two Teams entries

This can happen depending on how Microsoft 365, Office 365, or Teams updates were installed. If both are Teams-related, disabling both is usually fine.

Task Manager screen looks a little different

Windows 10 and Windows 11 may label the startup area differently, but the basic process is still the same.