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Remap or disable 'Copilot' chatbot key on new Windows keyboards

Anonymous
2024-06-13T18:03:19+00:00

Recently Microsoft has partnered with manufacturers to add new chatbot keys in place of the old commonly used menu/ right control key.

I've been getting more and more calls from customers of new laptops complaining about this chatbot key and wanting it turned off. This has lead to one ripping the key off, three returning their laptops, and two downloading possibly dangerous third party programs to remap this key.

It appears there is no settings in Windows to make this key usable for anything the customer actually wants it for. It's just begging to be accidentally tapped so the user can get advertisements delivered to them via a chatbot.

So how can we disable/remap this unwelcome key on Windows keyboards?

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    Anonymous
    2024-06-17T12:58:05+00:00

    Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    Thanks for your feedbackI think you're having trouble with the Copilot key on your keyboard.

    You can use the keyboard-manager feature in Microsoft PowerToys tool to remap or disable the Copilot chatbot key on your Windows keyboard. Here are the steps:

    1. Download and install the Microsoft PowerToys tool from the official Microsoft website.
    2. Open the PowerToys tool and select the "Keyboard Manager" tab.
    3. Click on the "Remap a key" button.
    4. Choose the Copilot chatbot key from the "Physical Key" dropdown menu.
    5. Select the key or function you want to remap the Copilot chatbot key to from the "Mapped To" dropdown menu.
    6. Click "OK" to save the changes.

    If you want to completely disable the Copilot chatbot key, you can remap it to the "Disabled" option.

    You can download the tool from the following link: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/

    If you are indeed using a Surface product, you can purchase the Surface Pro Signature Keyboard separately to replace the Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.

    If my understanding is wrong, please point it out, so that I can assist you better.

    Lugoo Bei | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-20T00:55:13+00:00

    For any other poor souls who wind up here, @Lugoo's steps didn't work on my Surface Laptop with the Snapdragon Elite X. The menu options after step 3 are inaccurate or outdated.

    The Copilot key is a shortcut and does not have a physical mapping, nor do I see a "Physical Key" dropdown menu. On my machine the shortcut is [Win+Shift(left)+F23]. If you want to check you can bring up the onscreen keyboard and see what lights up when you press the copilot key.

    So what you actually want to do in the "Keyboard Manager" tab is:

    1. Click on the "Remap a shortcut" button
    2. Add the Win, Shift(left), and F23 keys under the "Select" column. (Please check that the mapping is correct)
    3. Add whatever you want to map it to under the "To" column. (In my case Ctrl)
    4. Click OK, save, and enjoy having something useful there :)

    Also, for whatever reason, it seems like you have to turn keyboard manager off and on again from time to time. Like as if the caged Copilot somehow occasionally breaks free..

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-18T23:44:37+00:00

    Running PowerToys, Keyboard Manager (which was not enabled by default), Remap a Shortcut... Click on the pencil next to shortcut and then hit the "copilot" key. The shortcut keys show up right in the window (don't hit anything else before or after because it records everything you input) and you can hit "OK" to move on to the action you want that set of keystrokes to use. Ctrl (right) was near the top of the drop down list to map to.

    I'm on a Lenova Yoga 7i and it remapped to Ctrl (right) perfectly, at least for now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-20T01:04:41+00:00

    Very nice solution Lyle thank you! I hope it sticks. I have a feeling this will have to be repeated after updates, we will see.
    Side question: is anyone else not buying the new Surface because of this key? Because that's why I'm not buying it. This will go down in history like the unwanted office key, and the unwanted emoji key that Microsoft embarrissingly pushed on people.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-09T19:13:06+00:00

    Thanks for your help. I also wanted to remap this shortcut to the 'ctrl' function, but all it will allow is to be disabled, so I left it at that. It's not like laptop keyboards are overflowing with key space. This is a kind of real-estate robbery by Microsoft.

    I remapped the Alt (Right) key to be 'Ctrl' instead. Important since I use my Mouse with my left hand (ease of 'zooming').

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