Remove Copilot from Word

How the hell is disabling updates an acceptable solution??

Does Microsoft prefer customers to stop getting any security updates than just letting them disable Copilot??
I will never use Copilot, plastering it everywhere without an opt-out is never going to convince me to use it, so stop pissing me off every time I open a Microsoft product and let me turn it off.

Even when I opt out of all connected services (which does prevent it from working), the bloody icon and prompting is still there!

I am so fed up with this I am genuinely looking into LibreOffice and an alternative to OneDrive so I can end my subscription.

Ian,

This DID NOT WORK for me. After following the instructions to revert to the Feb version of Office, copilot is still there. I checked the Office version 17531.20120 under File -> Account -> Product Information and it is indeed 17531.20123 but despite this, copilot is still present and persists in putting that annoying/distracting icon in my document as I type.

This is ridiculous. There should be a way to turn this nonsense off. I've been trying to decide if it's worth continuing with my Office 365 yearly sub and this copilot nonsense being forced down my throat (with no way to turn it off) is looking like the thing that makes me get rid of my subscription and switch to something else.

Read the room Microsoft! Not everyone wants this. If you want to piss people off, this is how you do it.

The latest Microsoft 365 Update has added a Copilot function to Word. Now every time I create a new paragraph, a little copilot symbol appears in the left-hand margin prompting me to use copilot. It is extremely annoying and distracting. How do I stop this symbol appearing, or better, remove copilot from Word?

I want this nuisance removed completely from Word- don't want this extremely useless Copilot. Never asked for it and definitely don't want it. I uninstalled it but it still won't go. It is internet abuse!!!

As I pay for a Family Subscription each and every year, why should I have to go back to a previous older version and still pay for the latest just to get rid of an intrusive feature? A friends son, who is at Uni, has been warned re use of AI in assignments. This Co Pilot farce is just begging to have students fail. Microsoft - please make it a function we can turn off or on without losing functionality.

Just to note that while this may seem to work for the moment - you do not have the updated version which carries with it other benefits, and also if you ever update, then Copilot will come back. So turn off your auto updates.