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.

On Mac you can switch it off top left menu:

Word/Preferences/Copilot

My inclination is to give up on Office if Copilot cannot be disabled easily in all apps and Windows itself, ideally at the account level rather than as now at device/app level. I find it intrusive and unnecessary, It feels like a ploy to lock users into MS apps. Much as Microsoft did until anti-trust action stopped them bundling Internet Explorer. I do not want my word processor or spreadsheet second guessing what I want to do. The last thing I need is "AI" screwing up the PhD thesis I am currently finalising.

It might just be the final straw that makes me switch to Linux as my main platform, at the moment my PC is dual-boot but I only use Linux for some key hardware that is no longer supported by Windows. It would be easy to reversae the boot priorities and make Linux the primary boot option. I already have most of the Linux apps that I would need to make the switch.

Martin Wilson

That option doesn't present for me

I don't show any kind of "copilot" category under Word/Options.

Very frustrating.

I do not have this option. I only have "collapse copilot summary automatically". I do not want the bubbles on the screen above my document. This is spam for my screen.

And... you do not have the pro version of Copilot?

I do not have this option. I only have "collapse copilot summary automatically". I do not want the bubbles on the screen above my document. This is spam for my screen.