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

Urgh.....did they do any user testing whatsoever with this? Probably an AI self-tested it.

Need to remove this as soon as possible.

Sure, I can help you draft a complaint. Here's a suggestion:

Subject: Feedback on "Type to / Draft with Copilot" Prompt in Outlook

Dear Microsoft Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express my concerns regarding the "Type to / Draft with Copilot" prompt that appears in Outlook emails. While I appreciate the innovative features that Microsoft continuously introduces, I find this particular prompt to be quite disruptive to my workflow.

Each time I press "Enter" while composing an email, the prompt appears, which prevents me from pasting text and screenshots directly. This forces me to type a letter, select it, and then paste the copied content. As a user who is already familiar with Copilot, I find this prompt unnecessary and counterproductive.

I kindly request that you consider providing an option to disable this prompt or adjust its behavior to be less intrusive. This change would greatly enhance the user experience for those of us who prefer a more streamlined email composition process.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response and hope for a positive resolution.

Best regards,

[Your Name]

Feel free to customize this draft to better fit your style or add any additional details. Let me know if there's anything else you need!

Bloody annoying!!! MSFT, remove it!!

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this unwanted 'draft with Co-pilot' is totally unacceptable. I would also add the banner which appears across the top of EVERY email offering a 'Summary by Copilot' to the list of unwanted junk - I don't need or want that either.

I am absolutely sick of the way Microsoft behaves now. They've just hiked the monthly subscription charge, apparently to pay for all this new functionality which nobody asked for and most people don't want. As if that wasn't annoying enough, they make it impossible to turn off all this useless junk which increasingly gets in the way of actually doing anything.

What we really need is a simple option in the subscription settings to 'turn off all Copilot options and functionality'. I simply don't want it - it is utter dross and has now reached the point of being so intrusive that it's actively geting in the way. At least with business accounts it's possible to turn off some of this, albeit often with a lot of hassle (I am a system admin so have to deal with this too), but for home subscriptions there is seemingly no ability to control anything much.

I am seriously considering moving to another email provider and installing Libre Office / Thunderbird as it seems to be the only way to avoid being bombarded with whatever junk Microsoft wants to force on us this week.