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How do I TURN OFF the "Summary by Copilot banner that appears on every single email I receive in outlook?
I may, maybe once a year when tagged into a super long email thread try to get a summary... but 99.99% of the time I will never want to use this, as such the banner is annoying and consumes lots of valuable space where I could render my email.
How can I turn this off? or hide it by default?
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I disabled co-pilot entirely when it first appeared (it was covering quite a bit of data in an Excel spreadsheet), but it's now mysteriously re-appeared in Outlook. And, I'm not part of an organization, an individual user with my individual account. If AI was actually accurate, I might consider using it on rare occasions, but...
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You CANNOT turn it off.
You can DOWNGRADE to a lower priced microsoft 365 plan that doesn't come with copilot.
You CANNOT turn it off.
You can DOWNGRADE to a lower priced microsoft 365 plan that doesn't come with copilot.
Wrong.
I already have the cheapest possible version of microsoft 365. So whatever may have been true in the past, there is NO version of microsoft 365 that does not have it.
It has been foisted upon me without my permission.
I give Microsoft until the end of the month to rectify this situation and if they have not, I will terminate my contract.
I have this same problem, Suddenly a notification above my email I'm trying to process. Summary? I'm retired, I don't get lengthy emails and if I do I unsubscribe immediately. Very distracting! I have ADHD and absolutely NEED a very streamlined interface! Please think of your users and don't assume one size fits all. This should NOT have been implemented without a quick fix to remove it! Also, I have a simple, Personal Account. I am not an organization.
B. Tew
Great suggestion. Click on the banner once and let it give the stupid copilot summary, then hit the "thumbs down" button and give microsoft the feedback to get rid of this worthless waste of space. I've already done it. The more people that do this, the more likely microsoft will do something.