How to prevent Microsoft Teams from running in the background after closing

Microsoft Teams continues to run after you close the application, but you can change the settings to fix this problem.

Microsoft Teams does not turn off completely when closing the application

On Microsoft Teams, the application runs in the background right after starting to log in to Windows 10 (or other supported operating systems) and if you try to close the application, the application will continue to run in the notification area in the notification area. on the taskbar.

If you don't need the Teams app to run all the time or want to close the app completely when clicking the X button, you'll need to adjust the settings manually.

In this tutorial, you'll learn the steps to disable the option to keep Teams in the background after closing on Windows 10.

How to prevent Microsoft Teams from running in the background after closing

To prevent Teams from running after closing, follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Teams .

2. Click your account icon to open the main menu.

3. Select the Settings option .

How to prevent Microsoft Teams from running in the background after closing Picture 1 Select the Settings option

4. Click General.

5. In the Application section, clear the On close, keep the application running option .

How to prevent Microsoft Teams from running in the background after closing Picture 2 In the Application section, clear the On close, keep the application running option

After completing the steps, the moment you close the application, Microsoft Teams will be terminated completely instead of minimized in the notification area.

Readers can refer to some articles such as: How to prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically on Windows 10 if you want to control when the application can work or How to uninstall Microsoft Teams completely on Windows 10 if no longer like bridge using this app too.

Hope you are succesful.