I'm using Microsoft 365. Why does Lync flash on my screen when I boot my laptop? We've never used Lync

Dr. Chuck Johnson 1

I'm running a new laptop. We've imaged all of our machines with Win 10 Ent. 21H2. We've never used Lync. Why does it pop-up when we boot up some of our machines. I see the path which includes lots of junk for Lync. I thought Lync was long gone. We do use Teams and that's it. We run Microsoft 365 apps.

Ceasar Chen_MSFT 4,391 Reputation points

2022-05-19T01:40:48.227+00:00

Hi, @Dr. Chuck Johnson
As this question is related to Lync, I am in charge of Office General. I would change the tag to office-Lync-server-itpro-general.
JimmyYang-MSFT 48,866 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-19T09:17:44.77+00:00

Hi @Dr. Chuck Johnson

Have you installed the Lync Server before in this device?

If so, you could try to follow this link's step to uninstall it completely from your device.

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JimmyYang-MSFT 48,866 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-05-23T23:25:19.057+00:00

Hi @Dr. Chuck Johnson

It has been a while, how is everything going?
If you have any update about this issue, please feel free to post back.