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Keithyes
Mar 23, 2026Copper Contributor
How to turn off or disable copilot in windows 11 permanently?
Recently updated Windows 11 and noticed something called Copilot showing up on the taskbar and sometimes popping up when using the PC. It feels distracting and not very useful right now, especially f...
mohdadeeb
Apr 19, 2026Brass Contributor
"I disabled Copilot on my Windows 11 recently, it’s actually pretty simple. You can go to Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), then navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot and enable the ‘Turn off Windows Copilot’ option. If you don’t have gpedit, you can also disable it using Registry Editor. After that, just restart your PC and it should be gone. Worked fine for me."