Microsoft Groups is Microsoft’s platform for business-oriented communication through chat, audio calls, and video calls. The service is a part of Microsoft 365 and infrequently comes already built-in with work PCs, particularly if you happen to’re a part of an organization that depends on Microsoft apps.

You may even discover that Groups mechanically opens everytime you boot or restart your pc. This may very well be useful if you happen to’re at all times on Groups and use it rather a lot… however what if you happen to don’t? Perhaps it’s slowing down your startup instances and also you wish to disable this conduct.

Thankfully, you’ll be able to. Right here’s what you are able to do if you happen to don’t need Microsoft Groups to mechanically launch at startup.

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Possibility 1: By way of Groups

You’ll be able to disable the automated launch of Microsoft Groups straight throughout the software. To do that, click on on the three-dot menu subsequent to your profile image on the top-right nook in Groups, then Settings.

Within the Common tab, you’ll see a checkbox labeled Auto-start Groups. Merely uncheck the field and Groups will not begin by itself once you boot up Home windows.

You can even specify whether or not Groups ought to open within the background, that means you gained’t see the Groups window when it launches. You’ll nonetheless be energetic in Groups and obtain notifications, however the window itself will solely present once you open the appliance manually.

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Possibility 2: By way of Home windows Startup

You can even disable computerized startup inside Home windows’ system settings, which is a superb choice if you happen to additionally wish to stop a bunch of different apps from launching on their very own at startup.

To do that, open the Begin menu and seek for Settings, then inside Settings navigate to Apps > Startup. (Alternatively, you’ll be able to merely seek for “startup apps” within the Begin menu.)

Right here, you’ll be able to browse the listing and choose on an app-by-app foundation whether or not every app needs to be mechanically launched at system startup. Merely toggle the button for Microsoft Groups to Off. (Click on the arrow beside it for extra app particulars and settings to tweak.)

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