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

Hey Everyone, including MICROSOFT MODERATORS, I just spoke with a live person at Microsoft about Copilot and not being able to access tech support by chat, email or phone. The rep said he would send me a link to reach a live tech support rep to disable Copilot. And guess what? The link the Microsoft rep emailed to me is a dead link. This is disgraceful. This is likely illegal.

omg thank you, thank you!

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!

Same problem using MacBook Pro. I do not have the CoPilot subscription and it still pops up on every doc and email.

Thank you!

I went looking for instructions on how to turn copilot off the other day, when I was using Word and found this, apparently for use with any Microsoft 365 app (Windows, not Mac):

1. Select File
2. Select Options
3. Select Copilot
4. Clear the Enable Copilot checkbox
5. Select OK

And that worked. So today, whilst working in Excel and getting heartily sick of that damned icon getting in the way every time I'm trying to type into a cell, I decided to follow the same instructions...except there's no 'Copilot' option in the Excel options list.

I looked at the suggestions for turning it off via the online privacy selections but there's an old msn email address I still use occasionally, so I don't want to turn off all the 'connected experiences'.

At the moment, I'm hoping that some future excel update will add a button to the option list.

These instructions work for people using PCs. The instructions did not work for Mac users, until today - when Microsoft released a software patch. There is now a way to disable Copilot on at Mac - at least in Word. Like you, I checked PowerPoint and Excel and there does not appear to be a way to disable Copilot on Excel or PowerPoint. Let's hope the Microsoft programmers attack that problem next.