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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...
I have the same issue as I don't use Copilot app. I managed to remove the app after hours of researching.
https://www.geekhowto.com/remove-copilot-app-on-windows
There is an open source app called GeekUninstaller that can remove windows apps. It does remove Copilot, but I expect that Windows will reinstall it whenever they install an update as Microsoft is wont to do. I've tried using Glary Utilities to look through the startup services and see if I can catch whatever Windows service is responsible for starting it up so I can also disable that, but I couldn't find it. I expect GeekUninstaller handled it since it also deletes associated registry keys for whatever it is you delete with it.