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Microsoft has gotten a significant amount of pushback<\/a> from users as it has continued to more deeply embed its Copilot AI into Windows 11. The company is taking the feedback to heart, slowing down<\/a> its rollout of AI features and its presence within its own apps. This reversal can go even further within enterprise environments as IT administrators are now able to completely remove Copilot.<\/p>\n The company announced that in Windows 11, version 25H2 with KB5083769 and later, there is now a RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp setting available as a Policy CSP and Group Policy that will allow administrators to \u201cuninstall Copilot from devices in your organization in a non-disruptive way.\u201d It will be an option to organizations who use either Pro, Enterprise, Education or IoT Enterprise and IoT Enterprise LTSC editions of the operating system.<\/p>\n It\u2019s disappointing that Microsoft didn\u2019t have this as an option for IT departments from the beginning of its AI push, especially for organizations that have been nervous about the technology being used in sensitive environments. Although, as the adage goes, better late than never.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see if this sort of option will extend to consumer versions of Windows 11. PC users will likely know that it can be done on their work device, so it\u2019s not far-fetched to imagine them wanting to do this<\/a> with their personal systems, too.
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However, machines need to meet a few criteria before being able to use the new setting to remove the AI from a user\u2019s Windows 11 install. Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot both need to be installed, Copilot can\u2019t have been installed by that particular user, and the Copilot app must not have been launched within the last 28 days. It\u2019s important to note that this change is reversible, as an organization or user can re-install Copilot if they feel they need to in the future.<\/p>\n