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. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2025-01-17T23:25:36+00:00

    You are not communicating with Microsoft here. As explained in earlier replies Microsoft decision makers do not monitor these fora. Use the methods in those replies to voice your comments to the development group. Nobody here can fix anything.

    Nothing personal, but me too postings merely add to the unwieldy length of the thread which discourages others from reading the entirety.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-17T23:25:43+00:00

    Mac user here. After scouring a few threads, the following solution worked for me:

    • Open Word and turn off automatic updates.
    • Delete the Word app.
    • Go to this page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
    • Download this version of Word: 16.89.1 (24091630), September 17, 2024
    • Install new version of Word.
    • Open it, quit, open it again.
    • Success! For me anyway, the copilot icon has vanished and I'm back to Word working as I want it to.

    Thanks everyone for all the helpful suggestions.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-18T00:40:47+00:00

    I also need to remove this ridiculous Copilot thing that has been forced into my documents, but the instructions provided here do not work. I am using Word for Mac, so under File there is no Option button, and under Preferences there is no mention of Copilot anywhere. To shove this feature in our face and not make it easy to disable is deeply stupid.

    Some of us are students and we are not allowed to have any AI whatsoever in our documents. What part of that does Microsoft not understand?

    It absolutely must be removed from my computer. If it isn't, then I will never be able to use Word again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-18T03:15:34+00:00

    Thank you for this. I rely on my brain to write. I do not want to use AI to do one of the most human things there is, which is using language. Every other "feature" can be turned off or removed. Not setting such an option up with the Copilot update was an intentional choice. A very bad one. I would rather write the worst, most garbled tripe ever written than to have someone or something else write my thoughts and ideas for me. And I don't want an annoying copilot prompt showing in my document ever. I'm too busy doing what I sat down to do - write - to be forced to think about AI every time I open a document.

    Fix this, Microsoft.

    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-18T08:21:05+00:00

    There IS NO File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options.

    There IS NO File > Options at all in the Mac version of Word.

    There IS NO File > Feedback either.

    Have you ever even used Word for Mac? Are you just copy-pasting canned replies?

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