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
    2025-01-26T17:30:20+00:00

    Does this workaround actually work / has worked for others ?

    Can it only be through Firefox ?

    FFS microsoft **** is going on.

    I have been using hotmail for 27 years - not keen to change my email now

    Most of us who use hotmail are old enough to use our brains still.

    copilot is worse than the paperclip - it is more annoying than a mosquito in the bedroom......

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T16:07:04+00:00

    Aaugh - it's an AI version of that damn paperclip isn't it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T15:16:04+00:00

    AGREE - It is extremely annoying and takes twice as long to write an email with that try copilot suggestion popping up every single line. Hopefully they will listen to all of this feedback and allow users to turn it on or turn it off globally for all of their emails. I don't mind having it as a menu option if someone wants to use it, but please, please, please allow users to turn it off, and not have to do so for every single email, but globally.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T11:28:13+00:00

    I completely agree, the Copilot prompt is intrusive, distracting and annoying, and obviously there should be a simple way to opt-out of it. The fact that there isn't is outrageous. How could anyone at MS possibly think that this would be okay? This is essentially a pop-up advertisement that won't go away. I pay a subscription for Micosoft 365, there's no way that this kind of thing is acceptable. Is it even legal? Surely we have statutory rights as paying customers?

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T11:16:34+00:00

    EricVanNewkirk, I absolutely agree! But you're trying to reason with Jason.YA like 'he' is a real person, and I'm pretty sure it's actually an AI bot that sends these replies.

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