Should you keep the Chat Button on Taskbar in Windows 11?
Well, this depends on whether or not you actually use Microsoft Teams or not. With this latest update, the desktop experience has been optimized so you can remain connected to the people that you care about via chat and video calls with a single click on your taskbar menu. As of now, you can use the current Chat rollout to sign in, add contacts and connect to individual and group chats. This is subject to change as Microsoft adds and improves upon the current functionality.
How to Add or Remove the Chat Button on the Windows 11 Taskbar
Whether you’re keen on using the new Chat functionality or you can’t wait to get rid of it, we’ve put together a tutorial that will show you how to add or remove the Chat button on your Windows 11 taskbar. As of now, we have managed to find five different ways of removing or adding the Chat button from that taskbar menu of Windows 11. We’ve created step-by-step instructions for every method, so feel free to follow the method that’s closed to your preferred way of using Windows 11: IMPORTANT: You will NOT be able to add the Chat button to your Windows 11 taskbar if this functionality was not rolled out to you yet or you’re using a different language than English (US). At the time of writing this article, the Chat icon update was only rolled out for a subset of Insiders. If you’re not seeing it yet, ensure that you have installed every pending Windows Update.
Remove the Chat icon directly from the Windows 11 taskbar
This is the simplest way of removing the new Chat icon from your taskbar menu. All you need to do is right-click on the Chat icon and choose Hide from Taskbar from the context menu that just appeared. Important: This method will only allow you to remove the Chat icon, but you will not be able to add it back. If you previously removed the Chat icon and you’re looking to add it back up, move down to one of the other methods below.
Add or Remove the Chat icon from your Windows 11 Taskbar via Settings
Add or Remove the Chat icon from your Windows 11 Taskbar via Registry Editor
Add or Remove the chat icon from your Windows 11 Taskbar via Local Group Policy Editor
IMPORTANT: You need to be signed in with an administrator account to be able to enforce this particular method. Additionally, the Local Group Policy Editor is ONLY available for certain Windows 11 versions – PRO, Enterprise, and Education. If you have the Home version, you won’t be able to use this method.
Remove the Chat icon from your Windows 11 for ALL users Taskbar using a REG file
Note: This method will allow you to Enable or Disable the Chat icon for every Windows account that is currently using your computer. This is ideal if you want to establish a rule that will also be applied to new Windows users that will be created in the future.
How to use Chat on Windows 11?
When you want to reach out to someone via the Chat app, you can simply click on the Chat icon from your taskbar or you can press Windows key + C if you already removed it from your taskbar. Note: If it’s the first time you’re opening the Chat app, you’ll need to click on Continue. After you click Continue, wait until the app configures itself for the first time. Once the initialization is over, click on Get started, then choose the Teams to account that you want to connect and insert your user credentials if you’re asked for them. As soon as you log in successfully, you will be able to use every feature currently available for the Chat app.
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