How do I disable Copilot and all Other AI functionality in Windows 11 PRO

You disabled Copilot and, when someone asks how to disable it, instead of telling them how you did it, you tell them to live with it, Why did you even bother to post?

Hi Emily,

I made the registry change as you instructed and after restarting my computer, the A.I. component did not appear to be loaded.

However, the minute I logged into my Microsoft account in order to reply to you, the A.I. component reappeared. See the screen capture below.

Other thoughts?

Dave

I came here because my work computer keep shoving Copilot in my face and want to turn it off.

I use Ubuntu at home and it has pretty good software support, though their app store installs things using Snaps, which sometimes has weird permissions issues.

To install things I usually use apt.

sudo apt install firefox

sudo apt install signal

sudo apt install libreoffice

Debian is an even cleaner OS though it assumes you are already familiar with Linux.

I hear very good things about Linux Mint and PopOS and intend to give those a spin next time I'm setting up a machine.

All in all they are all very good and are designed to keep you in control of your computer. No running weird ads or creepy analytics.

have windows 11 but dont use edge. will all just windows PRO have the copilot and AI or will all windows 11 have them? and if all have them, CAN THEY BE TURNED OFF OR UNINSTALLED PERMANENTLY?

Generative AI is a misnomer and marketing gimmick.

When we are talking about these things we are talking about LLMs or Large Language Models. They primarily function by using large data sets to output a specific result in relation to those data sets. There are already problems with legal cases and coursework and other industries or individuals adopting these processes and having accuracy issues or even false results. Just over the last few years multiple legal cases were put under scrutiny because of the briefs that cited laws and cases that were fiction. Thats just one example of their unreliability.

I mentioned before the data sets. This can be images, words, books, numbers, music, movies, audio clips and more. Most companies that are responsible are paying to the rights for the data sets they are using to train their LLMs, a fair number are not though. They are literally scraping information and data without permission to use in their programs.

Given all that, its entirely valid to not want to use an LLM. Additionally, its incredibly dismissive and unhelpful to say its just the future in regards the the question/topic.