Remove copilot icon that appears when I click in Onenote

Anonymous
2025-01-17T01:40:15+00:00

Today, I turned on Onenote, and it notified me that it had Copilot update.

Now, every time I click in Onenote, it shows this annoying Copilot icon next to cursor:

How do I remove it?

Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-22T21:35:18+00:00

    Reformat your hard drive to turn off Copilot? You've got to be kidding me.

    This is the latest **** from Microsoft that has finally made me cancel my subscription to Office.

    It is absolutely unacceptable that this is being forced on users without an easy option to opt out of it.

    It doesn't even sound legal.

    Unfortunately, my wife must have Word for the docx format and she has no desire to learn any other email program than Outlook - so I'm digging out an old Office 2010 disk and sticking it on her computer.

    It will work, just won't get updates.

    But will anyone tell me how differently they are creating documents (or using any part of Office) than they were in the year 1995?

    I thought not.

    Disgusting.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T10:32:56+00:00

    I'm starting to use Copilot extensively. However, the icon that jumps near wherever I click in OneNote seems unnecessary and distracting.

    Worse, I'm using OneNote locally, not in harmony with OneDrive. That means the three options shown when the icon is clicked are useless to me. I'm met with, "Copilot does not support local content." (Those options are: Summarize page, Create a task list, and Rewrite page, with "Take notes with Copilot" grayed out.)

    Additionally, the icon might be confusing when screenshots are sent to others.

    Finally, the same functionality is available without the icon. Just right-click in OneNote and hover on Copilot in the context menu to see the same three choices. Two clicks either way.

    Please fix!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T10:50:13+00:00

    It is totally uacceptable that Microsoft has installed Copilot in all the Office apps without asking for our acceptance. I don't want ANY AI in my apps automatically, I want to choose myself, if I want to use AI.

    Remove the automatic installation of Copilot NOW! , and give us the opportunity to make our own choisies. You will loose subscribers this way.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T11:05:47+00:00

    I stopped using Onedrive for photos because of the non-removable For You section. I will stop using Onenote because of the non-removable Copilot-button next to cursor. That simple.

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