How do I get rid of the irritating sidebar on my screen. I never asked for it and I want it off. Itg must have been put on througha monthly update.

Thank you for the solution as I had the same question!

As some feedback, the sidebar is awful. It only gets in the way.

The co-pilot feature must not have been very popular if Microsoft had to use the hate for the sidebar (which from what I have seen online no one likes) just to force people to have the co-pilot onto their toolbars. The AI is already giving me suggestions on regular searches through the searchbar, why would anyone need to go through co-pilot??

In summary, the sidebar and co-pilot are both equally useless and non-aesthetic to the Microsoft Edge browser.

It appears on all browsers, not just Edge. I want it gone. I never asked for it. That copy paste doesn't work.

Hi Thomas,

I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

It is inside the Copilot Settings now.

Please copy and paste:

edge://settings/sidebar/appSettings?hubApp=cd4688a9-e888-48ea-ad81-76193d56b1be

Turn off the sidebar option.

Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

In your Edge Settings under Sidebar, see that Always show sidebar is toggled OFF. Now, the only time it will show is if & when the Edge Copilot icon is touched.

Cheers,
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