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How do I turn off Copilot in Word documents?
I have been working on doing that since the **bleep** thing was installed and I finally found out how to do it. You go into Word (or whatever program you want it off) and go: File>Account>Account Privacy>Manage Settings and clear the ticked box at Turn on experiences that analyze your content then click OK and restart the program and it should go. I found it here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-turn-off-copilot-in-microsoft-365-family-and-personal-subscriptions-bc7e530b-152d-4123-8e78-edc06f8b85f1#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20to%20turn,you%20might%20want%20to%20use. And I'm still spitting that it's hidden away under the privacy settings. It seems to be working at the moment, although I suspect it is going to revert back regularly.
- kwil13Jan 18, 2025Copper Contributor
Thanks for that tip. I tried it. Didn't work. I still get that blasted "Select the icon . . . to draft with Copilot" every time I open a new Word document. It is SO DAMNED ANNOYING; like getting Clippy back yet again.
So then I tried Microsoft's instructions for changing my subscription from 365 Personal to 356 Personal Classic—and those instructions didn't work either.
If I didn't need Microsoft Word and Excel for my job, I'd kicked everything Microsoft to the curb in a hot second.