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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?
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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.
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.
This worked. Thank you so, so much
Please ignore my previous response. I copied the instructions into a non-office piece of software and closed Edge and ran it again and it worked.
Thank you so much. I am so relieved, you have no idea how many hours I've lost.
I'm really confused by this. I followed the instructions and it's telling me that I'm running 17531.20120. But the copilot symbol is still appearing on my page. Am I missing something?
I can deal with it in the ribbon, but I can't cope with it being on the actual page, popping in and out and generally being intrusive.
I don't think I can downgrade my subscription to something without copilot as I need the onedrive storage.