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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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I have Word for Mac 16.93. There is no 'authoring and proofing tools' option in preferences. There never has been. There has only ever been an 'edit' or 'spelling and grammar' option. Could people please stop making rubbish suggestions.
This is also very interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9X6yMwmMpE
Basically, lawyers cannot keep using MS apps as Copilot cannot guarantee that info does not bleed from work done in one case to another case, which could put the lawyer in danger of losing their approbation.
This is just farcical.
They embedded a major, and intrusive, new feature WITHOUT adding an off switch.
Do you think this was an oversight? I don't. They've now had months of free training for their AI using our work.
There is also no assurance that turning Copilot 'off' actually shuts the AI out or if it just hides the helper interface.
Is the AI still working in the background, stealing your work?
This AI is nothing more than spyware. It fits every definition of the term - installed without a users knowledge, sends content back from the user to an external location, is difficult or impossible to remove.
I have that version of Word for Mac and I cannot find any such checkbox.
Perhaps you can tell us where it is.
Following the instructions exactly - there is no option to remove CoPilot. Still receiving intrusive, unwanted interruptions in Office 365 Apps. I'll be dumping the app if this is not fixed shortly.