How to stop the EA App from auto launching with the Xbox App since the latest update?

Keegan S · Jul 13, 2023

The EA App will automatically launch when I start the Xbox App. I have both apps set NOT to auto launch on PC startup so this is particularly obnoxious for me. It definitely did not used to do this and as far as I can tell there is no workaround at the moment. I am not sure which app last updated to be honest, I cannot find a version history or update log for either app(maybe I am an idiot). Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? At the very least I wanted to report the issue in the hopes this can be changed in the future... which I also don't know how to do. The support website appears not to have anything resembling a "report a problem" feature(again, maybe I am being an idiot)... PLEASE SEND HELP lol

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elm88

thanks! it's funny when a regular user has the answer compared to the "employee" who didn't even read the question. 😂

PluralSubset660

This doesn't work. It's already unchecked.

But then again, the MS rep obviously didn't read the question properly. The issue isn't the Xbox App launching on Startup. The issue is that any time you launch the Xbox app, it automatically launches the EA app too.

ProtoNya

open xbox app>click your name>settings>extensions>ea app>click disable

This should stop the EA app from launching when you launch the xbox app.

Geri M.

Hello Keegan S,

Welcome to Xbox Forums. We appreciate for sharing your concern with us and we hope that you are doing well today.

We are sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with the EA App automatically launching when you start the Xbox App on your PC. As per description, you did set it both to NOT launch automatically.

Let us check on this together and sort this out to assist your concern. However, before we proceed, we would like to ask few questions about it.

What is the current version and edition of Windows Installed? (Search for WINVER in Windows search to see this)
When did the issue start?
Was this working before?
Recent activity or changes made before the issue appeared?

These above questions would help us provide the necessary information. Once we have gathered all the information, we will formulate the viable solution to help you with your case.

For the meantime, here’s what you can do:

Open the Xbox App.
Go to Account Settings.
Click General.
Uncheck the button that says “Automatically launch app at startup”.

This should stop the Xbox App from automatically launching when you start your PC.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to ask.

We will be glad to follow up and help you.

Sincerely,

Moderator

Microsoft Community

ProtoNya

Replying incase you didn't catch the fix. Dunno how these forums work on notifications if I don't reply directly to you

How to stop the EA App from auto launching with the Xbox App since the latest update?