How do I stop Copilot interfering with my documents? I removed the app but it is still there like an embedded virus. Word for Windows.

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2025-01-17T08:59:20+00:00

How do I stop Copilot interfering with my documents? I removed the app but it is still there like an embedded virus.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-04T17:41:59+00:00

    On Mac you can switch it off top left menu:

    Word/Preferences/Copilot

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T00:32:15+00:00

    I did this "turning of Enable Copilot". It does not permanently turn it off. It only turns it off for the document you are working in at the time you disable it. As soon as you open a new document, it appears again. I sure hope MS fixes this quick as it is highly annoying and completely unnecessary. The default should be NO Copilot. Then users who want to use it can turn it on if they wish.

    UPDATE: After disabling Copilot in a blank Word document, I completely closed the Word app and then re-opened it. I then opened a new blank word document and Copilot did not appear. So hopefully that is now a permanent shut down of something that was not needed in the first place.

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  3. Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-05T01:56:59+00:00

    I did this "turning of Enable Copilot". It does not permanently turn it off. It only turns it off for the document you are working in at the time you disable it. As soon as you open a new document, it appears again. I sure hope MS fixes this quick as it is highly annoying and completely unnecessary. The default should be NO Copilot. Then users who want to use it can turn it on if they wish.

    UPDATE: After disabling Copilot in a blank Word document, I completely closed the Word app and then re-opened it. I then opened a new blank word document and Copilot did not appear. So hopefully that is now a permanent shut down of something that was not needed in the first place.

    It is permanent until you turn it back on, if you do.

    It is also possible that Microsoft will switch it back on, but I doubt that will happen.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T11:21:03+00:00

    Can they please add this to ALL apps via Microsoft 365.

    I use Microsoft for Mac and haven't yet found a way to get rid of it. As the previous question highlights, Copilot is like a virus that is impossible to disable. I didn't ask for it, it wasn't part of my deal. And I definitely want to get rid of it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-08T13:58:13+00:00

    Thank you so much. I have a sheet where I change a few things then copy and paste that paragraph to another sheet, CoPilot is always unhappy with my punctuation. This is great!

    I love how helpful yall are. I'm trying to decide if I can continue with Microsoft when I have to buy another computer when Microsoft 10 is not there anymore. I might just have to go back to a Google Chromebook. That is funny because they upgrade and stop support all the time. The difference is they don't cost so much.

    Thanks for your time.

    Diane Graybeal

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