How to disable copilot on microsoft office (excel, word, ppt) on Macbook

Anonymous
2024-07-16T05:23:21+00:00

I am using a Macbook Air, last week I tried the free trial of the copilot, but since I don't find it helpful, and even my word keeps on lagging, now I want to disable the copilot.

I have already tried to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft 365, and several tips on the internet, but none of them is working. The copilot is still there. and I find it so annoying.

Can someone help me to show me the way to disable the copilot, please?

Thank you!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-21T02:33:07+00:00

    How about MS just provide a simple switch, as there appears to be plenty of people who do not want this kind of intervention in their workflow?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-21T00:07:57+00:00

    Cant do it in excel or one note.

    I don't just want it turned off, I want it GONE. Because even off I don't trust its nit scraping.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T23:53:10+00:00

    Adam - You can be sure that Microsoft's POS AI tool, copilot, is scraping your content. That is how AI works. It scrapes content to get smarter. Anyone who is a professional writer should be outraged by this. And that Microsoft is not letting us turn this damn thing off.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T13:32:09+00:00

    As I understand it, there's an option to restore Word 2021 (without Copilot) but they do not make it easy to find. I'm sick and tired of people ramming AI down our throats when we neither want it nor need it, and it's actually a liability for some situations.

    I was offered this solution on BlueSky. I haven't tested it out yet but will do so when time permits.

    https://www.slashgear.com/1764811/how-to-disable-copilot-ai-microsoft-word/

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T12:51:40+00:00

    I'm glad I'm not the only person who is LIVID about this. None of the instructions work, at least not for Mac computers. I wasted so much time on this only to still have this horrible feature. I use spreadsheets daily for my small business and now I'm stuck with AI on everything. Customers should have the option to disable this.

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