How to disable Copilot for all applications - Mac

Anonymous
2024-12-12T11:30:03+00:00

I don't want to use the copilot features that have automatically been added to my Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PPT, etc.) - and I feel that this should be something that we are able to do, without having to purchase a subscription to copilot and then disable it.

How can I disable these features, to stop the shadow offer to use copilot on every new line I start on a word document and remove the icon from the tool bar?

This should be something that is an optional add on, rather than a mandated installation.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T20:21:24+00:00

    Now to get rid of it in PowerPoint and Excel! Not working the same....yet.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T20:14:24+00:00

    Ms. Vito, i was baffled to see that the icon had showed up after several days of scr*** around to find out how to get rid of this horrid feature. I had so many times opened Preferences, shutting down Word, shutting down the laptop, etc etc, but it was never there.

    Now I was finally able to uncheck the checkbox, and the hovering icon is no longer in my Word documents. And a new Word doc does no longer open with the copilot prompt. The entire thing is bewildering and weird. Now I need to figure out how to get rid of it on my mobile phone.

    I like to use AI as an independent search tool, but not as an enforced tool in my work programs.

    Thank you for your effort with text and pics. It will surely help other people. :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T19:06:05+00:00

    THANK YOU! I had to quit Word and restart, and the icon was there.

    To repeat, on a Mac:

    Cmd + comma, click the Copilot icon, unclick "Enable Copilot." Done.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T18:21:13+00:00

    So happy! A super-easy, one-click disabling option is now available for Copilot (at least for mac version 16.93):

    Word -> Preferences -> Copilot (within first section, "Authoring and Proofing".) -> Uncheck box for "Enable Copilot."

    (Sorry no screenshot. The system won't let me upload pics.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T17:53:54+00:00

    I do not even see the icon in the Authoring and Proofing tools, it was simply never there. I had to disable it through this Connected Experiences pathway. But even so, it's still chasing my cursor around in Word.

    Today I noticed the damn thing is on my mobile phone too, on the Safari keyboard. No idea how to get rid of it, let alone simply 'disable' it. It's more than a little crazy, and it's quite disconcerting that this spyware can be installed so openly. Trust is gone.

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