How to uninstall MS Teams on Windows 10
If you are trying to uninstall Teams and it appears again try following:
- Stop Teams from running — Right-click on icon in task bar and exit. Do not forget to check for processes running using Task manager.
- Uninstall teams from your profile by executing on command line:
%localappdata%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --uninstall -s
You can get this location from properties of your existing Desktop shortcut.
- Then go to settings ⇒ Apps and uninstall “Teams Machine-Wide Installer”
- (Optional) You can also run following script to clean up.
<# .SYNOPSIS This script allows you to uninstall the Microsoft Teams app and remove Teams directory for a user. .DESCRIPTION Use this script to clear the installed Microsoft Teams application. Run this PowerShell script for each user profile for which the Teams App was installed on a machine. After the PowerShell has executed on all user profiles, Teams can be redeployed. #> $TeamsPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($env:LOCALAPPDATA, 'Microsoft', 'Teams') $TeamsUpdateExePath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($env:LOCALAPPDATA, 'Microsoft', 'Teams', 'Update.exe') try { if (Test-Path -Path $TeamsUpdateExePath) { Write-Host "Uninstalling Teams process" # Uninstall app $proc = Start-Process -FilePath $TeamsUpdateExePath -ArgumentList "-uninstall -s" -PassThru $proc.WaitForExit() } if (Test-Path -Path $TeamsPath) { Write-Host "Deleting Teams directory" Remove-Item –Path $TeamsPath -Recurse } } catch { Write-Error -ErrorRecord $_ exit /b 1 }
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