How to get Teams to go away in Windows 11
When you first install Windows 11, you will probably see a new icon on your Taskbar - or, at least, it will be new if you haven't been using Microsoft's Teams collaboration app lately. If you float your cursor across the icon, which looks like a camera inside of a cartoon speech balloon, it will say Chat." Click on it, and you'll be invited to Meet and chat with friends and family" using Microsoft Teams.
If you're already using Teams, or you're okay with switching to it, you're fine. After that, when you click on the Chat icon, you'll be able to chat with friends, family, and colleagues using a pop-up box.
So what if you're not interested in using Microsoft Teams?
There are several things you can do if you find the push to Teams...