In this guide, we will show you the steps to uninstall the Core Audio Driver (MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver) from your Mac. Ever since work from home became the new normal, users have flocked over to numerous video conferencing apps. One among them is the offering from the Redmon giant. Many users have been inclined towards Teams due to its handy integration with other Microsoft services.
However, as of late, numerous Mac users have voiced their concern that even after uninstalling Microsoft Teams, its core audio driver file MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver is still present on their system. Not only that, it continues to run in the background and ends up hogging valuable system resources as well.
What is even more intriguing is the fact that even though Microsoft has [finally] updated Teams to be an Apple Silicon native app, the processor still appears as Intel. So if you are also getting bugged with these issues, then this guide shall help you out. Follow along for the fix.
How to Uninstall Core Audio Driver MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver on Mac
- Launch Finder and press Shift+Command+. to view hidden files
- Then delete the file from the following directory
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver
- After that, delete the file from the following location as well:
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver/Contents/MacOS/MSTeamsAudioDevice
- Now open Activity Monitor, select Core Audio Driver, and hit Quit for one final time.
That’s it. These were the steps to uninstall the Core Audio Driver (MSTeamsAudioDevice.driver) from your Mac. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
