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Remove Teams chat icon from Windows 11 Taskbar using Endpoint Manager (Intune)

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Tuesday, 10 January 2023

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How to remove the Teams app chat icon from Windows 11 taskbar using a Microsoft Endpoint Manager configuration profile

Windows 11 Teams app chat icon

In Windows 11, the Teams chat icon is automatically pinned to the Taskbar

If you click on the chat icon, it opens the personal version of Teams

In most business environments, you'll want to remove the personal version of Teams.

To do this, you'll need to remove the chat icon and uninstall Teams personal following the steps in this guide.

Remove Teams chat (personal) from Windows 11 using PowerShell and Endpoint Manager Intune
https://techlabs.blog/categories/office-365/remove-teams-chat-personal-windows-11-using-powershell-endpoint-manager-intune

Create Endpoint Manager configuration profile

Create an Endpoint Manager configuration profile for Taskbar settings

Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center

Devices - Windows devices - Configuration profiles
Create profile

Platform: Windows 10
Profile type: Settings catalog

Basics

Name: Windows 11 Taskbar Settings

Cilck Next

Configuration settings

Add settings

Settings picker

Search for chat, then select the Experience category
Tick Configure Chat icon

Close the Settings picker

Configuration settings

Configure Chat icon: Disabled

Click Next

Managing the Teams Chat icon on Windows 11
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/application-management/managing-teams-chat-icon-windows-11

The values for this policy are 0, 1, 2, and 3. This policy defaults to 0 if not enabled.

0 – Not Configured: The Chat icon follows the default configuration for your Windows edition.
1 – Show: The Chat icon appears on the taskbar by default. You can show or hide it in Settings.
2 – Hide: The Chat icon doesn't appear by default. You can show or hide it in Settings.
3 – Disabled: The Chat icon doesn't appear on the taskbar. Settings are not available to show or hide the icon.