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How do I turn off Copilot in Word documents?
I don't need Copilot in my word documents and I don't need the copilot icon stalking me on every page when I begin to type. Its very distracting. How do I disable Copilot?
As best I can tell, there aren't any user install configuration options for Microsoft365. If you are running Windows 10 Pro, there's a visible Copilot disable option in gpedit but I don't think gpedit is available in Windows 10 home edition. This gpedit option disables Copilot for all Microsoft365 apps, and it is persistent across multiple Microsoft365 updates. I've not yet seen any individual app examples available for disabling copilot.
In Windows 10 Pro there are regedit keys that correspond to the gpedit I've noticed that there are WindowsCopilot keys (one word, no spaces) that include
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot"=dword:00000001. In Windows 10 Pro just the single gpedit entry disables all the regedit ”WindowsCopilot" entries. I don't know for a fact just how the Windows 10 Home edition handles this. But you can use regedit to search for "windowsCopilot", if this entry is present, you should be able to add the TurnOffWindowsCopilot entry for each location where you find "WindowsCopilot".
When I export this entry from Windows 10 Pro, I get a path that includes Policies that may not be relevant in Windows Home.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot]
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot"=dword:00000001
In Windows 10 Pro there are regedit keys that correspond to the gpedit I've noticed that there are WindowsCopilot keys (one word, no spaces) that include
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot"=dword:00000001. In Windows 10 Pro just the single gpedit entry disables all the regedit ”WindowsCopilot" entries. I don't know for a fact just how the Windows 10 Home edition handles this. But you can use regedit to search for "windowsCopilot", if this entry is present, you should be able to add the TurnOffWindowsCopilot entry for each location where you find "WindowsCopilot".
When I export this entry from Windows 10 Pro, I get a path that includes Policies that may not be relevant in Windows Home.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot]
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot"=dword:00000001