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Remove Teams chat icon from Windows 11 Taskbar using Endpoint Manager (Intune)
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.
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.
Scope tags
Click Next
Assignments
Add groups
Search for and select: Windows 11 - Surface Devices (Dyanmic device group)
See this guide for how to create an Azure AD Dynamic Device group
Create an Azure AD dynamic group for Windows 11 device
https://techlabs.blog/categories/office-365/create-an-azure-ad-dynamic-group-for-windows-11-devices
Create an Azure AD dynamic group for Windows 11 device
https://techlabs.blog/categories/office-365/create-an-azure-ad-dynamic-group-for-windows-11-devices
Review & create
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