Remove Copilot from Word

Just tried to followed your instructions.

There is no option to switch when you cancel subscription ( there is no Unsubscribe) and there is no such version as Microsoft 365 Family Classic. There is Microsoft 365 Personal at $159 or Microsoft 365 Family at $179 and both have Co-pilot.

If there is such versions as you posted, please show me where, on Microsoft’s site, they reside.

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Just spent an hour online with Microsoft chat and it would appear that Microsoft customers in Australia, New Zealand and others ( for some reason only known to those high up in Microsoft) do not have that Classic Option. We only have Persnal and Family. - both with Co-pilot and a hefty subscription increase. Apparently I now have to ring Microsoft direct and beg them for Classic.

What a dreadful Company.

Thankyou Ian, this solved my issue!

Note to others following this solution, at the page linked below, click on the 'privacy settings' link within the page to find how to access your privacy settings, then uncheck the four 'Connected experiences' options. Restart required.

Col.

Hello Ben,

I understand the concern and inconvenience this change causes.

Since Copilot is a connected service, it is my understanding that disabling the Microsoft 365 online experience accomplishes the same thing.

Please see Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps for home: your data and privacy - Microsoft Support

But this can also cause other online services to be unavailable. In the meantime, click File->Feedback in the Office app to let Microsoft development team hear your valuable thoughts.

Sincere greetings,

Ian - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Hi,

Can you provide a work around for Apple/Macs, please? I have changed my subscription to Classic but it doesn't swap over for a few months.

Thanks.

Scott

Thanks Ian, that worked, although I had to reboot before CoPilot prompts actually disappeared.

For others, Ed Bott of ZDNET has written on this at https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-copilot-ai-is-coming-to-your-office-apps-whether-you-like-it-or-not/.

In this he says that "[Microsoft] is making Copilot part of all Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand." So we're the test market guinea pigs.

He also says "For Microsoft 365 Family subscribers, the added features are available only to the primary user and can't be shared with other members." So perhaps one option to get rid of CoPilot if you've got a Family subscription and a spare licence may well be to stop being the primary user of the Family account. I haven't tried this though.

This worked. Thank you so, so much