Prevent Xbox app from automatically staring

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Hi All,
I did search and have not found anything related to this in the forum.

I purchased the simulator through Xbox Gamepass. Everything is working fine. But every time I boot up Windows, the Xbox app is automatically started, its window is displayed and I have to manually close it.

As I’m not interested in other games, I wonder if there is a way to prevent this. There doesn’t seem to be a “don’t start automatically with Windows” option within the app itself.

As a last resort, would it be safe to just uninstall the Xbox app?
Is my version of the simulator necessarily tied to the Xbox app in my PC since it was downloaded through Gamepass?
If I just uninstall Xbox, would this prevent further simulator updates or otherwise “break” the simulator?

And here is the twist:
Xbox doesn’t even show in Control Panel’s “Program and Features” list, so even if I do want to to uninstall, there doesn’t seem to be an easy way of doing it.

Please, how can I get rid of this Xbox thingy?

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The Xbox app is an essential to be able to play FS.

However, you can prevent it from starting with windows. Follow the steps outlined here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-which-apps-run-automatically-at-startup-in-windows-10-9115d841-735e-488d-e749-9ba301d441e6

Look for “Xbox App Services” in the list of apps.

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Mine stopped opening the xbox app after patch 2 which is wierd to me cause im still rockin the gamepass version

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Got it, problem solved.

Many thanks, friends.
You guys rock.