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

Okay, it’s taken me three hours with MS support, yes three hours to get rid of Copilot.

 I actually had to cancel my subscription to Office 365, remove all traces of it from my Library, Containers folder and Hidden Containers folder.

 

Then, I had to install an old version of Office for Mac, 2019 that was still on my subscription list and disable the updates…

 

Result, I opened Word and Excel and there is no Copilot in the ribbon, nor when I hit return. But, I’m having to use a copy of Office that is years old and probably missing out on other features, but I’ll take it.

 

The consultant wouldn’t acknowledge that this was a very bad idea, but she did acknowledge the validity of my concerns, especially with regard to students being accused of plagiarism and the obvious disconnect that auto AI would have for creative professionals.

 

It shouldn’t be that hard.

Unacceptable. At least you could get in touch with support - I keep getting sent round and round in circles. As others have stated, time to rethink options - they have increased next years subscription by AUD $40 as well (29%).

Commiserations. An hour well spent??? You would think there could be a menu option in the Copilot menu like "Tools>Spelling Grammar>Editor>Hide Spelling Errors" or "Word>Preferences>Spelling & Grammar." It is not very helpful of MS. I have sent an unhappy face "Report a problem." There is no result as yet, and I'm not expecting one.

You should not have to degrade your system to turn off an option you do not want to use. It can not be hard to have a disabled option. Obviously, MS think this is something we really need!

I'm using a Mac and the steps your mention don't exist, under 'file' there is no option for account.

Can anyone help ????

I have the same problem too. No option to disable it. I've been searching and haven't found a solution yet. It's so frustrating!