A build in teams client is shipped with Windows 11. This client can only be used with a personal Microsoft account. This client is usually not welcome in corporate environments. How to remove this build-in client with the help of Intune I will show you in this blog post.

Remove the build-in teams app with Intune

To uninstall the Teams client automatically we need a PowerShell script. more precisely one line of powershell code.

Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object Name -like "*MicrosoftTeams*" | Remove-AppxPackage

I put this code line in a ps1. script and uploaded it to my git repository.

• Open the MEM portal and navigate to Devices -> Scripts
• Click ADD

• Enter a name
• Click Next

• Upload the script
• Select Yes at “Run this script using the logged on credentials“
• Click Next

• Click Add Groups
• Select a Group and click Select
• Click Next

• Click Add

Remove the Chat Icon

• Open the MEM Portal
• Navigate to Devices -> Configuration Profile
• Click + Create profile
• Select Windows 10 and later as Platform
• Select Template -> Custom as Profile type
• Click Create

• Enter a Name
• Click Next

• Click Add
• Enter the following information
  • Name: RemoveTeamsIcon
  • OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Experience/ConfigureChatIcon
  • Data type: Integer
  • Value: 3
• Click Save
• Click Next

• Deploy the script to a Group
• Click Next

• Click Next
• Click Create

I hope I could help you with this post and explain how to uninstall the build-in teams client via intune. Thanks for reading this blog.

Stay healthy, Cheers
Jannik