What is the purpose of CoPilot in my Outlook emails?

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What is the purpose of CoPilot in my Outlook emails?

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I was about to send an email in Outlook just now and there's a CoPilot logo in the main body of the email text space.

I've read messages on here already and see that there's no way to disable CoPilot. No words.

Anyway, my question is: What is the function of CoPilot in my Outlook email account? What is it actually doing?

Anything, or nothing?

Thanks for any advice.

ETA: I've just noticed an option to uninstall CoPilot. Am I going to cause any issues if I uninstall it?

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Anonymous

Hello Forry.F,

Thanks for your reply.

Could you address my question regarding uninstalling CoPilot, please?

As it's an MS app, I want to be sure I won't cause any problems to my general MS usage by doing so.

Thanks in advance.

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Answer 2

Hello Debra Douglas

According to your description, I understand that you have installed a separate application of Copilot in your current Windows system, right?

Welcome to Copilot on Windows - Microsoft Support

You are free to uninstall this application and reinstall it when needed.

However, the separate application software is not related to the functions of Copilot integrated in Office, and uninstalling the application will not turn off the Copilot function in your Outlook software.

I noticed that you have selected New Outlook in the current question section. If you want to turn off the Copilot function in New Outlook, you need to turn off the connection experience. However, the connection experience includes more than just Copilot.

You need to first confirm whether you need the content in the connected experience:

Connected experiences in Office - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn

After confirming that the above content is not needed, you can turn off Copilot in Outlook by the following method:

Turn off "Experiences that analyze content" in "Settings - General - Privacy and Data - Privacy Settings", and Copilot or spell check will not be available. You can try to turn off "Experiences that analyze content" and then check whether it is no longer displayed in the new Outlook.

Sincere greetings

Forry.F - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Answer 3

Hello Debra Douglas

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are confused about the function of CoPilot in Outlook.

According to the official introduction, CoPilot is an AI-assisted tool integrated by Microsoft in Outlook, which mainly serves email writing and management. The specific functions include:

Help draft emails (such as suggesting content based on the subject/recipient),
Provide email writing suggestions, optimize the tone (formal/friendly style adjustment), and complete sentences.
Summary and summary, quickly extract key points from email threads.
You can also interact and chat with Copilot while using Outlook to arrange other matters.

For detailed function introduction and details, you can refer to the following support documents:

Draft an email message with Copilot in Outlook - Microsoft Support

Chat with Copilot in Outlook - Microsoft Support

For frequently asked questions about Copilot in Outlook, you can refer to this document:

Frequently asked questions about Copilot in Outlook - Microsoft Support

I hope this information has been helpful to you. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will be happy to help.

Sincere greetings

Forry.F - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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