Microsoft Teams Restarts Itself and Drains Battery in Background
A user reports that Microsoft Teams cannot be fully disabled: even after a force stop, it relaunches itself and continues running in the background, consuming significant battery. The user has no visibility or control into what background activity is causing the drain.
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