Diable or remving Copilot

[akidd]

Apologies if this should be found elsewhere, but the search drew a blank. Microsoft has given me the present of Copilot when I turn on Word (an unwelcome one). How do I turn it off or better still remove it?
Thanks in advance.

 

[bogdanw]

"How to turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...riptions-bc7e530b-152d-4123-8e78-edc06f8b85f1

 

[akidd]

"How to turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...riptions-bc7e530b-152d-4123-8e78-edc06f8b85f1

Sadly, makes no difference.

 

[DeltaMac]

That article only turns Copilot off, does not remove it.
There is a note in that article:
Note: If you want a plan that doesn’t include Copilot, there is Microsoft 365 Basic or Office Home 2024.

It also says that you have to quit your MS App, then relaunch the app, so that Copilot will then be turned off (along with other features that are part of those privacy settings.

Are you saying that Copilot does NOT turn off after changing those settings, then restarting Word?

 

[GMShadow]

That article only turns Copilot off, does not remove it.
There is a note in that article:
Note: If you want a plan that doesn’t include Copilot, there is Microsoft 365 Basic or Office Home 2024.

It also says that you have to quit your MS App, then relaunch the app, so that Copilot will then be turned off (along with other features that are part of those privacy settings.

Are you saying that Copilot does NOT turn off after changing those settings, then restarting Word?

As I've run into this today with Microsoft's helpful 'update' pushed out yesterday, yeah. It turns it off but it continues to show the Copilot prompt next to every new line and gives the command tip with nothing on the page. Clicking it just brings up a reminder that you turned it off.

 

[bogdanw]

As I've run into this today with Microsoft's helpful 'update' pushed out yesterday,

You could go back to the previous release.
16.93 (25011212) was released on January 14, 2025, the previous version is 16.92 (24120731) from December 10, 2024.
pkg links here https://learn.microsoft.com/ro-ro/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac

 

[akidd]

As I've run into this today with Microsoft's helpful 'update' pushed out yesterday, yeah. It turns it off but it continues to show the Copilot prompt next to every new line and gives the command tip with nothing on the page. Clicking it just brings up a reminder that you turned it off.

I fear we are all going to have to accept that this is as far as we will get to what passed for 'normal' with Office - a bit like Photoshop refusing to follow CMD+W and leaving a window open. So much for progress!

 

[ignatius345]

Same in Google Docs . A bunch of undeletable crap cluttering up the interface.

 

[GMShadow]

You could go back to the previous release.
16.93 (25011212) was released on January 14, 2025, the previous version is 16.92 (24120731) from December 10, 2024.
pkg links here https://learn.microsoft.com/ro-ro/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac

I chose to resolve it by cancelling my subscription. I'll just move to Pages/LibreOffice going forward.

 

[Just_Kevin]

My 365 is up for renewal in May. I’ll be canceling it before then. Need to figure out how to export all of my OneNote stuff first.