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

Hi Hannah,

as you may have noticed from the growing list of respondents to this issue, many people are unable to disable Copilot from their Office apps, e.g., Word.

For many people, this is a serious problem affecting their workflow. I don't want a Copilot prompt distracting me every time I start a new paragraph. For some people there are regulatory issues for them even having Copilot running. I cannot believe it is so hard to disable it!

The advice you gave back in July 2024 does not work (at least not as of November 2024) because the options you've advised to turn it off under log Microsoft account | Services & subscriptions are not there. Several people have noted this in the thread.

Microsoft, if you are listening, this is not acceptable. There is a long and growing list of people who simply do not want Copilot interfering or distracting their workflow in the Office apps. Can you please advise how to disable it and get it out of our sight and workflow?

Sincerely, Frank

@Hannah.Z you have just sidestepped everyone's concerns.

Let me lay them out for you;

• CoPilot was added & embedded without any notification to users.
• CoPilot cannot be turned off, deactivated or removed without changing your subscription.
• Microsoft 'upgraded' user subscriptions without, until recently, providing any notice, increasing plans by around 30%.
• Mircosoft is charging users more and then using the work of users to train your AI. This is wrong on so many levels.

At a personal level I certainly do not want Microsoft's AI constantly looking over my shoulder as I work, especially as some of my business related work is 'commercial in confidence'.

This step by Microsoft is a very foolhardy one and really has opened you up to a Class Action.

I would have thought that MS would have learnt from the 1/2 billion dollars in anti-trust fines you received over Internet Explorer being embedded but... apparently not.

The paper clip lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on Microsoft do better than this!

Along with all the others. This "feature" is unwanted, annoying, tedious and and a waste of time. Never seen anything more annoying since "clippy".

This is enough to send me to open source office. Going backwards a few generations is worth it to get rid of this rubbish annoying me at every line.

This addition is a huge step backwards.

Likewise. I've never activated this ****. As a professional writer/editor, this just gets in the way and I want it removed completely. There is no function to deactivate it! I've deleted the CP app, I've never activated the thing, but it suddenly appeared on my word doc today. It's obviously spying on keystrokes. I want it gone from my apps.