How to completely remove Copilot from Edge?

Yes, it's really a pain when your "Copilot" turns out to be a Hijacker instead!! Copilot totally ruined the Edge browser. I am switching back to Google as my default search engine and start page and not using Bing anymore. That's a shame! I enjoyed the Bing search engine up until Copilot was introduced.

I completely uninstalled Copilot in Windows 11 Pro using Revo Uninstaller Pro and no signs of Copilot appear anywhere on my machine & Windows settings or Edge browser.... right up until I open Bing search and then Copilot acts like a hijacker. Enough is enough!!

Microsoft doesn't care!

To change your default search engine in Microsoft Edge:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/change-your-default-search-engine-in-microsoft-edge-cccaf51c-a4df-a43e-8036-d4d2c527a791#Overview

you need to do the Alex Arteaga1 exercise to kill it at the Group Policy level.

That will only work though if you have the ability to do it. If you're on a managed device then you need to reach out to your Head of IT and plead miserably with them to have a CoPilot free world pushed out by default. Only then if you want it should it then be foisted on you through moving you into a GPO that activates CoPilot.

Personally, if you're listening Microsoft, you have forced a monster on people. I tried to do my research but CoPilot kept taking control like HAL - "I'm sorry Barry but I can't let you read that, read my version instead". Make AI an Opt-In.

its still there after doing your procedure

copilot is a classical example how MS uses customers for QA , they launch a product in alpha stage annoying millions because they just can. Its like Boeing, company looks financially great from the outside, but delivers buggy stuff at the inside.

The worst 2 experiences with copilot today:

1. it keeps on moving the cursor left and right while I am typing this in Edge (is this an evil AI already at work)
2. when I ask copilot directly how to turn if off, it apologizes for the inconvenience, but doesnt answer my question and tells me the topic is closed

Ejector ??