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

Hello David, this is Emily.

In Settings> Personalization > Taskbar, you can turn off Copilot. However, if that's not enough and you wan to disable it completely, you will need to do this in registry.

To do so, launch Registry Editor, then go to

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

On the left, right click on the Windows folder, go to New > Key, name it "WindowsCopilot"

Then select WindowsCopilot, on the right, right click and create a DWORD value, name it "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" and set its value at 1.

Restart the computer to have the change take effect.

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

The latest update to Edge apparently still shows Microsoft AI is poised and ready for action.

We're going to need a way (whether it's a registry key in HKLM, or some other way) to turn this off for all users, not just the current logged on user.

I added the registry key (in HKCU) to a Windows 11 Pro 23H2 VM, then restarted. After logging in, I was still able to launch CoPilot in Edge, and have CoPilot write a joke. So, the registry key does not disable CoPilot, certainly not in Edge.

It disabled it for me on the desktop which is what I care about. You can always uninstall Edge and use one of the other 5 or 6 popular browsers out there.