Remap or disable 'Copilot' chatbot key on new Windows keyboards

Anonymous
2024-06-13T18:03:19+00:00

Recently Microsoft has partnered with manufacturers to add new chatbot keys in place of the old commonly used menu/ right control key.

I've been getting more and more calls from customers of new laptops complaining about this chatbot key and wanting it turned off. This has lead to one ripping the key off, three returning their laptops, and two downloading possibly dangerous third party programs to remap this key.

It appears there is no settings in Windows to make this key usable for anything the customer actually wants it for. It's just begging to be accidentally tapped so the user can get advertisements delivered to them via a chatbot.

So how can we disable/remap this unwelcome key on Windows keyboards?

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2024-06-17T12:58:05+00:00

Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Thanks for your feedbackI think you're having trouble with the Copilot key on your keyboard.

You can use the keyboard-manager feature in Microsoft PowerToys tool to remap or disable the Copilot chatbot key on your Windows keyboard. Here are the steps:

  1. Download and install the Microsoft PowerToys tool from the official Microsoft website.
  2. Open the PowerToys tool and select the "Keyboard Manager" tab.
  3. Click on the "Remap a key" button.
  4. Choose the Copilot chatbot key from the "Physical Key" dropdown menu.
  5. Select the key or function you want to remap the Copilot chatbot key to from the "Mapped To" dropdown menu.
  6. Click "OK" to save the changes.

If you want to completely disable the Copilot chatbot key, you can remap it to the "Disabled" option.

You can download the tool from the following link: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/

If you are indeed using a Surface product, you can purchase the Surface Pro Signature Keyboard separately to replace the Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.

If my understanding is wrong, please point it out, so that I can assist you better.

Lugoo Bei | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T00:52:14+00:00

    I have tried your suggestion to remap the co-pilot key on my Dell Insprion laptop. I do not see a lisitng for co-pilot. I see numbers zero through nine; letters A through Z; special keys * through ; function keys Alt through execute; F1 through F9; Help; Home; IME Convert throughIME Non-convert; Insert; Left; Next track; Numpad 0 throguh Numpad9; etc. There is no listing for co-pilot.

    The co-pilot key is where the scond CTRL key should be and for those of us who use keyboard commands, such as CTRL ENTER, it was much easier to use just the right hand to press both keys.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-18T23:44:37+00:00

    Running PowerToys, Keyboard Manager (which was not enabled by default), Remap a Shortcut... Click on the pencil next to shortcut and then hit the "copilot" key. The shortcut keys show up right in the window (don't hit anything else before or after because it records everything you input) and you can hit "OK" to move on to the action you want that set of keystrokes to use. Ctrl (right) was near the top of the drop down list to map to.

    I'm on a Lenova Yoga 7i and it remapped to Ctrl (right) perfectly, at least for now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-19T02:50:28+00:00

    Thank you, this is clearly the answer that should work. Unfortunately, on my Asus ProArt P16 it just disables the copilot key altogether (which is better than nothing, I guess!)

    Microsoft, this is preposterous.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-19T15:18:25+00:00

    Thanks, but I tried this, twice, and it didn't work. Nor did anything severla Microsoft techs tried, incuding re-installing Windows.

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