How do I deactivate copilot in Word for the Mac?

Various options to control Copilot are available to some users having certain licenses. I don't see any of those options with my enterprise license.

I am REALLY REALLY keen to remove Copilot - I DO NOT WANT some AI machine interfering with my writing .... PLEASE ACCELERATE the release of the button to remove it as it is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because of this, I decided to configure my firewall so MS apps don't have access to a network connection. While this doesn't eliminate the annoyance of the poor update practices of Microsoft and the already present copilot, it will minimize my future problems resulting from their half baked update practices.

I have problems deactivating the copilot in Word on my MacBook Pro (actually it should be deactivated from PowerPoint and Excel too). I tried to follow tutorials but it seems like i dont have the possibility in my Word settings.

I don't have the choices you present on my mac. While it took a bit of time to figure out "Application Menu", but when I did there is no co-pilot listed. In fact, the steps described don't in any way match my options.

Running Sequoia 15.3

Macbook Air M3

Word version Version 16.93 (25011212)

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So in fairness, I would ask, could you very carefully and step by step, using language that is accurate, tell me how to turn off copilot? I'll start and example for you, please fill in the rest:

If you are a mac user, go to the Application name just to the right of the black apple logo in the top left corner of your screen. Click on the menu option Word and you will see a drop down menu that shows the following

About Microsoft Word

Preferences

Sign Out...

Services

Hide Word

Hide Others

Show All [Grayed out)

Quit Word

[And so on].

[The above is an example. Given I don't have those options, I suspect it is buried somewhere else. Much appreciated.]

You were reading a response about File > Options > Copilot.

Those are Word for Windows version 2501 instructions. They do not apply to the Mac version.

Read through this thread.

There is no simple way to do this on the Mac.

Microsoft has promised that they are coming out with one soon.

Otherwise, others have described a way to get Microsoft to change your account settings to "classic." This is not simple and will take time. I know how frustrating this is, but you may want to simply wait for Microsoft to fix their blunder.

I dunno. I knew what he meant. But even if he wasn't clear, it'd be nice if snark were the second or perhaps third choice for tone, rather than the go-to.