How do I permanently turn off Copilot prompts in my Outlook.com webmail messages?

Anonymous
2025-01-17T22:21:39+00:00

I'm a dinosaur who still uses Hotmail.com via web-based Outlook.com. Now every time I reply to a message, I get a ""Try Draft with Copilot" message/link in it. I never want to use Copilot for anything, but this won't go away. How can I turn permanently off this any other Copliot promot in Outlook?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T18:50:00+00:00

    I appreciate that information regarding UBlock. Tied into your last response regarding having to use a third party, UBlock's notification before download is its app can: "Read and change all your data on all websites" and "Change your privacy-related settings."

    Microsoft truly has a responsibility to allow users to simply turn off any traits of any program and allow users to customize their own office space, whether a free-based or paid subscription. Not only simply turn off any traits / commands but to turn off simply. Auto-correct. Auto-fill. Automatic capitalization. All options should be easily accessed with the ability to change by a simple swipe of a toggle switch. ON/OFF.

    Please, Microsoft -- help your community think for itself.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T17:59:17+00:00

    I've had my hotmail account since the 90s and it's been perfectly fine, until now.
    I want to turn off this stupid Copilot prompt!

    I don't want copilot and I don't want it bothering me as I'm trying to type an email.

    Microsoft give us an option to turn off the prompt please!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T16:36:24+00:00

    Adding my voice to the list of people who find this "feature" incredibly irritating, and I want it to go away.

    However, I did find that I could remove it by using the uBlock extension on the Edge browser and adding the following to my filters under settings, as was suggested earlier in this thread:

    • outlook.live.com##.vaN5Q.wekzh.r7GQl
    • outlook.live.com##.fui-PopoverSurface

    That said, I should not have to use a third party extension to make a paid subscription usable.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T06:24:39+00:00

    Hard agree with the views in this thread. I don't mind Microsoft adding an AI functionality to the programme, even though I am very unlikely to use it. But putting the "draft with Copilot" prompt every time I start a new line is driving me up the wall.

    I've had my hotmail account for 30 years, and changing email addresses will be a real pain. But I will do it unless they fix this, it's just too annoying.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T13:11:39+00:00

    Some of us are not happy with intrusive notifications from Co pilot. Why do we need help to read emails? This is change for change sake and is not useful and is actually very annoying. Unintrusive AI can be useful if it is there when requested. Being inserted into everything is just irritating.

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