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?

DeviousMalcontent

Brass Contributor

Jan 09, 2025

If it hasn't been mentioned in the thread already, and I am not sure what Microsoft's reasoning is behind all of this,

but if you go to the manage subscription option on your account, and then go to cancel your subscription, on the landing page there will be an option for Microsoft Office 365 Family Classic, with a button that allows you to switch to that tier, not only does this get rid of the AI but it keeps the price the same for next year.

It's just really inane that it's only available on that page.

I was shown this from a Reddit thread that I will link to in reply because I'm not sure if it'll get flagged doing it in this response.

DP7

Copper Contributor

Jan 21, 2025

Thank you so much for explaining this. I just did the same. I absolutely hate how all of this GenAI is forced onto us, often with no recourse. At least this has this option for a version without it. Thanks.

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