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

I agree with you. The way Microsoft has handled this forcible assault of Copilot on their customers was a huge mistake, and probably illegal. The more people who post how angry they are, and the more people who cancel their Microsoft subscriptions, the better the chance that Microsoft backs down and immediately creates a "disable" button for Copilot. And people are free to post what they want, whether someone else likes it or not.

Only the weight of numbers will force Micrsoft to act. I've reverted to classis and so the cheaper version but it won't kick until May when my subscription renews.

I agree. Why does Microsoft hate it's users? I didn't ask for this annoying, unhelpful app. There should be an easy way to disable it. But no. Not MS. It's BS!

Thanks for your thoughts, Courtney. I wholly agree. I neither want nor need this garbage feature! And I wasn't warned that it would magically (sinister-ly?) appear and refuse to go away. I'm inches away from learning how to work with Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

I don't mind it being available to use (with a toggle to turn on and off) like any feature (like autocorrect).

Microsoft wants everyone to use it because every input trains the Large Language Model. Every time you use Copilot you're a defacto employee of Microsoft—making their product better and more valuable.