Remove Copilot from Word

Anonymous
2024-11-03T04:38:02+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T00:37:02+00:00

    Ben, I agree 100%. And what's feeling incredibly annoying as I deal with this and get little or no work done this week because of this issue, is that Microsoft does not provide any human beings to talk to about this. I phoned the local help line and got an AI assistant that pointed me back here to this very online help! It's treating users like a cash-cow. It's an aggressive 'like it or lump it' approach to their services.

    I 'get' that some people (not writers!) might enjoy Copilot, but Microsoft should have GIVEN US THE OPTION, not simply added it in. It should be opt-in, not opt-out -- and ha! there's not even an opt-out option anyway! It seems that the only way to opt out is to unsubscribe. This is totally unacceptable.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T01:23:49+00:00

    I 100% agree. How hard would it be to have a button to turn it off, or at least get rid of the prompt in the middle of your word document!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-07T01:36:05+00:00

    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.

    ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/201e7db1-1393-418a-bc62-06d8335c729b?platform=QnA

    I don't think I can downgrade my subscription to something without copilot as I need the onedrive storage.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-07T01:51:29+00:00

    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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-07T03:22:20+00:00

    This worked. Thank you so, so much

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