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
    2025-01-20T23:24:53+00:00

    My continuing concern is that MS is using us to train their AI whether we like it or not.
    Even if you don't ask Copilot for help is it still 'listening' in the background? Feeding your work back to MS?
    A part of what I do is to write for a living. Some of that is commercial-in-confidence, other material is content for magazines & online.
    I do not want MS using my decades of experience to train their AI so I can be put out of work by an intern asking an AI to write an article for them.
    If you look at the information page on MS 'Connected Experiences', a feature I've now turned off on my Mac, it gives you detailed links to explain what various functions are doing but ominously there is no information about what Copilot is up to.
    This concerns me greatly.
    Even if they add an 'Off' toggle how do we know Copilot is not working in the background? Would you put that past MS?
    I want to be able to remove this spyware. Not just pretend to turn it off.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T14:29:17+00:00

    The problem with this Slashgear advice on disabling Copilot is that (at least for Mac users), a button to toggle Copilot on or off does not exist. There are references on the Microsoft website that they will be adding the ability to toggle on or off, "possibly in February."

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T07:21:17+00:00

    Thanks

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