Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Click the Startup Apps tab. Find Microsoft Teams in the list. Right-click it and select Disable. This stops Teams from launching when Windows starts.

On the desktop and in Windows Explorer, the entry “Ask Copilot” has been appearing in the context menu when right-clicking on a registered file type such as DOCX, TXT, PDF or PNG for a few weeks now.

It should be possible to kill Microsoft Teams Chat altogether in the near future, not just toggle it off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Windows 11 offers a wide variety of features, and many of them—like the Windows Subsystem for Linux and language packs—aren't installed by default. You can also ...