How do I disable Copilot and all Other AI functionality in Windows 11 PRO

Better or worse?

It's worse, so it's going the way of the Zune, the Windows phone, and Clippy.

Microsoft needs to deliver clean, concise interface that helps people get their work done. Not more ads in the start menu and telemetry data collection points.

If it's worse I'm not going to waste my time with it.

I do wonder how many dollars and man-hours are wasted uninstalling and disabling things Microsoft pushes

Speaking of wasting time. I'm done with this thread

No doubt! I have tried numerous ways to disable copilot. Here it is tax season and I am wasting my time fighting with Microsoft to protect my clients' data. This is absolutely insane. MS is taking no steps for those of us that work with sensitive personal information. I even downloaded some anti-spy software that is supposed to block copilot, but it appears MS has found a work around. This is all so rapey LOL

Can we really disable it? How do we know? Will the next update re-enable it, or worse, prevent CoPilot from being disabled? While I understand Microsoft wanting to be part of the AI movement, I think that users should have the option to opt-out or remove. While we, the end users, use this OS to conduct business, Microsoft has turned this OS into a data collection application. If I am paying for a Pro or Enterprise license, then I should have the option to say 'no' and remove it.

**Edit**

Let me add, that I do not think that everyone is spying on me, but the IRS and the government are very clear about how data is to be handled, but this "feature" brings us out of compliance and we can't remediate it to bring us back into compliance.

We need to be able to install Windows "OS", or "Programs", separately and choose the functions and features that we want. BUNDLING everything together to force upon us they massive data collection junk is Tyrannical. Mark it down. Tyrannical. Someone needs to step up and change things or simply make a massive move towards Linux. Anyone suggest a better one than Ubuntu for the average user?

We're going to need a way (whether it's a registry key in HKLM, or some other way) to turn this off for all users, not just the current logged on user.

I added the registry key (in HKCU) to a Windows 11 Pro 23H2 VM, then restarted. After logging in, I was still able to launch CoPilot in Edge, and have CoPilot write a joke. So, the registry key does not disable CoPilot, certainly not in Edge.