How to get rid of copilot please it's an harassing nightmare

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While I understand you concerns, please see below positive side of copilot.

While Copilot can feel intrusive at first, it’s actually designed to enhance productivity and reduce repetitive work. When configured properly, it can be a real advantage:

Intelligent Assistance

Copilot integrates across Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) to help summarize emails, draft replies, generate presentations, or analyze data — all in context. It saves time on routine tasks.

Context-Aware Help

It understands what you’re working on — for example, it can pull details from a Word document while you’re in Outlook to help write a project update or status email.

Learning Support

For new users or students, Copilot explains features and suggests next steps, like formulas in Excel or design ideas in PowerPoint, helping them learn the tools more intuitively.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Copilot uses Microsoft Graph data securely — meaning your corporate documents, emails, and Teams chats stay governed under your organization’s compliance and privacy policies.

AI at Scale

It’s built into the Microsoft Cloud, so it doesn’t just help individuals — it can automate company-wide processes, generate reports, or even analyze operational data in Azure environments.

Customization and Control

Admins and end users can control where and how Copilot appears — turning it off in specific apps, limiting data access, or fine-tuning prompts for better relevance.

If you are not ready , you can safely turn it off or remove its access depending on your Windows version.

For Windows 11 (23H2 and later)

Turn off Copilot button

Right-click the taskbar → select Taskbar settings.

Under Copilot (preview), toggle Off.

This hides it completely from the taskbar.

Disable Copilot via Group Policy (Pro / Enterprise)

Press Win + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter.

Go to User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Copilot.

Double-click Turn off Windows Copilot → select Enabled → click OK.

Restart your PC.

For Home edition

Press Win + R, type regedit, and go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Right-click Windows, select New → Key, name it WindowsCopilot.

Inside that key, create a DWORD (32-bit) Value called TurnOffWindowsCopilot and set its value to 1.

Restart your computer.

Edge Copilot

Open Microsoft Edge → Settings → Sidebar → Copilot and turn Off “Show Copilot button”.

These steps will remove Copilot buttons, disable its background services, and stop prompts from showing up.