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

SUCCESS!!!

To all frustrated respondents to this post, I have found a way to turn it off!!!!

It is in this article: Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps for home: Your data and privacy

At the bottom, under "Your Privacy Settings and CoPilot" is listed what you need to do:

i.e.: Open any of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, or OneNote

Click File then select Account (at the bottom, above Feedback and Options)

On your Account page, under Account Privacy click the Manage Settings button

Then, under "Connected Experiences" you need to turn off:

• Experiences that analyse content, and
• All connected experiences

Click OK

You will be warned about all the bells and whistles you're going to miss out on, but its so easy to turn on and off, you could, for instance, turn them off, write and submit your thesis, then turn them on again?

There is some semblance of control after all!

I only use Excel and Word but CoPilot is no longer interupting my edits in either!

Please note: As far as I know, this applies only when you’re using Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps for home*.*

This is incredibly infuriating,

I never asked for this to happen, I don't want it there, the logo is distracting and it's just forcing a product onto people who don't want to use it.

Incredibly unethical and poor business model. Not everyone wants AI in every aspect of their life!

Also, how difficult it is to remove is an absolute joke. This is by design and it's gross. This has made me lose so much respect for Microsoft.
Change this!

I believe my version of the Microsft 365 subscription is Microsft 365 Family.

I followed the steps you've outlined (in Excel) and when I closed then opened Excel again I didn't get the Copilot pop-up. I opened an existing Excel template (new file) and thankfully, no sign of Copilot.

I then opened a Word file and it opened with the Copilot icon in evidence, so I checked the Account settings (within Word / File) and found that they were as amended in Excel. I wondered whether my Word template was 'corrupted' with the Copilot feature during the period prior to altering my Account settings. I tested this by creating a new Word template but, unfortunately, I find that it's corrupted with Copilot!

So, some success, but in my case it seems I need to find a way to disable Copilot in all of my 365 Apps. By the way, I've turned off Office updates.

SUCCESS!!!

To all frustrated respondents to this post, I have found a way to turn it off!!!!

It is in this article: Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps for home: Your data and privacy

At the bottom, under "Your Privacy Settings and CoPilot" is listed what you need to do:

i.e.: Open any of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, or OneNote

Click File then select Account (at the bottom, above Feedback and Options)

On your Account page, under Account Privacy click the Manage Settings button

Then, under "Connected Experiences" you need to turn off:

• Experiences that analyse content, and
• All connected experiences

Click OK

You will be warned about all the bells and whistles you're going to miss out on, but its so easy to turn on and off, you could, for instance, turn them off, write and submit your thesis, then turn them on again?

There is some semblance of control after all!

I only use Excel and Word but CoPilot is no longer interupting my edits in either!

Please note: As far as I know, this applies only when you’re using Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps for home*.*

Hi Tanya, are you using Windows? On my Mac, under 'file' there is no option for account!

I am in the same situation and I'm furious that there seems to be no way to remove Copilot. I do not want AI ANYWHERE near my work!