How can I buy Office 365 without Copilot

Anonymous
2025-01-21T00:25:30+00:00

Hello,

I am trying to buy a personal 365 subscription for my mother.

Currently, she is on my family plan, but I am cancelling that because I'm getting a subscription through my university instead. I saw when turning off autorenewel on my current plan that it was possible to get a subscription without copilot. My mum does not want and will never use any copilot features, so I wanted to get her that plan. However, when trying to create a new subscription for my mum on her account, this option was not available.

Is it possible to buy a personal 365 plan without copilot? Or is that option only available when you're changing a pre-existing plan?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-07-02T19:41:26+00:00

    I've made a decision -- unless Microsoft changes their minds and goes back to the regular non-Copilot pricing in the next 2 months....!!

    I have created a new free MS account (you get 5 GB cloud storage and web-based Office), and then if/when needed, increase to the Microsoft 365 Basic offer (100GB cloud storage, web versions of Office, $19.99/year, no Copilot) after my current MS account expires later this year.

    I am currently moving my folders over to my new account. For One Note files, I'm exporting/importing them, which has worked fine (I really love One Note!!)

    For me, my Microsoft usage for work has declined. So for my personal MS use, I don't need as much storage. The 1TB storage I currently have is great, but I can get by with less.

    I wish that it didn't come to this because I've been a satisfied customer. But I think MS is all-in on Copilot AI and forcing subscribers to pay for it.

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