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
    2025-01-27T18:21:13+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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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T18:05:52+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.

    It's in the Settings. It's shown on top of the first section. Co-pilot wasn't there at first then after I reopened Word it was there. Very weird. I hope yours does the same.Image![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/b2993d3f-0da3-4b92-9764-3e6052415914?platform=QnA

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-27T17:15:14+00:00

    After spending an hour messing around with this I finally found how to turn the annoying thing off. The icon showed up in the Authoring and Proofing tools. I clicked on it and the Disable button was there. Turned that sucker off! It's now grayed out on my computer. (It better not come back!)

    I tried to attach screenshots but they fail to upload.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T23:40:31+00:00

    Doesn't work for me. Still no Enable Copilot.

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