If you\u2019ve been keeping up with your Windows software updates, you probably noticed Microsoft\u2019s Copilot AI made an appearance in the Taskbar\u2014and in apps including Word and Excel if you use the Microsoft 365 suite. If you\u2019re unhappy with that, you may be able to disable it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps (unless you\u2019re on a work computer, in which case you may need to contact a systems administrator).\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve got Windows 11 Home (the free version of the operating system that comes standard with most PCs), uninstalling Copilot is easy. But if you have Windows 11 Pro or your own special Copilot+ PC, you can\u2019t get rid of the AI without editing the operating system\u2019s configuration. That\u2019s an arduous, complicated process most people won\u2019t want to attempt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But at the very least, you can still hide Copilot from the Taskbar and Start menu. Just find the Copilot icon, right-click, and hit \u201cUnpin.\u201d<\/p>\n
To uninstall Copilot in Windows 11 Home: <\/strong>Open the Start menu > Type \u201cCopilot\u201d in the search bar > Right-click on Copilot > Uninstall. Then do the same for the Microsoft 365 Copilot app if you see it listed.<\/p>\n It\u2019s confusing, but Copilot will still show up in apps such as Word or Excel even if you uninstall the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. You need to disable it in each individual app as well.<\/p>\n To disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps on a PC: <\/strong>Open the app (Microsoft Word, for example) > File > Options > Copilot > Clear the Enable Copilot checkbox > OK > Restart the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n To disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps on a Mac: <\/strong>Open the app (Microsoft Word, for example) > Preferences > Authoring and Proofing Tools > Copilot > Clear the Enable Copilot checkbox > OK > Restart the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve been keeping up with your Windows software updates, you probably noticed Microsoft\u2019s Copilot AI made an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-474293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115317725105997663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}