Xbox sharing games I'm playing when the app is closed

From time to time, depending on the game I am playing it might slow down. But I think it is related to the game not the overall UI. Also, think of this console like a late '80s to mid '90s PC. From time to time, it will slow
down when multiple things are going on. You may need to close out apps by hitting start and closing the app/digital game.

The same can be said of my Lumina 925, which shares the Windows 8 OS. And when I don't close out multiple apps, my phone slows down. Now, after most times I open an app. When I am done, I will close the app out and move on.

Hi,

You can't turn it off completely unfortunately. You don't need to turn off your console. If playing one of your online games with this issue, you should close the game completely when you've finished playing it.

Doing this when switching games or shutting down the console prevents a 'snapshot' of the game being saved. The next time you launch a game, it will load from scratch rather from quick resume.

https://support.xbox.com/help/games-apps/apps-help/how-to-close-xbox-one-app-or-game

Sorry but anything that was attached to that account will be lost when it is closed. There is no way to transfer content from one account to another. If you would like to continue playing the content then I would recommend not closing the account and
set it as Home on your Xbox if that's what you're playing on. That will share the games to other accounts on the console

Thank you for contact us! I'm Anderson, an Independent Consultant and a Microsoft user like you.

good evening

The instructions provided in the link you shared are generally correct for removing the Xbox app icon from the taskbar in Windows 10. Here is a summary of the steps:

Right-click on the Xbox app icon in the taskbar and select "Unpin from taskbar". This will remove the icon from the taskbar.

Open the Xbox app from the Start menu or the Windows Store.

Click on the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the app to open the settings.

In the settings, toggle off the "Show me as playing" option.

Close the Xbox app.

These steps should remove the Xbox app icon from the taskbar and prevent it from reappearing. However, please keep in mind that by disabling the 'show me as playing' feature will prevent your friends from seeing what games you are currently playing or when you were last active.

My Xbox Game Pass app on my PC will download and install games just fine, but when I click play, the Xbox app closes for about 30 seconds, and then reopens like nothing happened, and the game never starts. Looking at my app history in Task Manager,
the game I am trying to play opens for less than a second before closing.

Hard restart console and try launching again.