How to remove Copilot from Word

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How to remove Copilot from Word

Nicole Piantedosi 5

Hello,

I would like to remove Copilot and Copilot's prompts from Word. I have adjusted the privacy settings, to prevent Copilot from having access to my documents. However, the annoying Copilot ribbon still provides a prompt and follows my efforts down the page. I find using AI for writing deplorable. Word processors are tools to help record your thoughts, AI is creating thoughts for you. I will keep using my own brain, for as long as it keeps working.

How can I remove Copilot from Word?

Thank you,

Nicole

Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2025-01-17T12:29:00.7333333+00:00

Does it affect the work if the button from the Ribbon is ignored and never clicked?
CB 0 Reputation points

2025-01-18T04:59:03.8666667+00:00

This is kind of a wild answer but it is what I had to do. You have to call and talk to a human being. You have to ask for a refund for your current subscription. That will then let them look up with a special code. Something called Microsoft 365 Personal(or Family) Classic. The guy had to look it up because it wasn't listed as an option they're supposed to tell you. This is for USA. In some other countries, they can click buttons themselves to get this solution. As far as I can tell, there is no way for an American user to do this on their own. Call Microsoft support.
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-01-21T09:36:01.7333333+00:00

Hi @Nicole Piantedosi,

Please refer to the reply of Charles Kenyon and install the latest updates for Office, try the method to turn off Copilot in Word.

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Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2025-01-17T12:29:00.7333333+00:00

Does it affect the work if the button from the Ribbon is ignored and never clicked?
CB 0 Reputation points

2025-01-18T04:59:03.8666667+00:00

This is kind of a wild answer but it is what I had to do. You have to call and talk to a human being. You have to ask for a refund for your current subscription. That will then let them look up with a special code. Something called Microsoft 365 Personal(or Family) Classic. The guy had to look it up because it wasn't listed as an option they're supposed to tell you. This is for USA. In some other countries, they can click buttons themselves to get this solution. As far as I can tell, there is no way for an American user to do this on their own. Call Microsoft support.
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-01-21T09:36:01.7333333+00:00

Hi @Nicole Piantedosi,

Please refer to the reply of Charles Kenyon and install the latest updates for Office, try the method to turn off Copilot in Word.

If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

Answer 1

Hi,

This is officially feature, there is no way to disable or turn off it. You can only revert to an earlier version of Office without the feature:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2bd5c457-a917-d57e-35a1-f709e3dda841

I also suggest you give feedback about this behavior:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11

Microsoft values your opinion. Your feedback goes directly to our engineers and helps us shape the future of Microsoft products and services for all our users.

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Answer 2

Charles Kenyon 3,121 Volunteer Moderator

As of early last week, in Word for Windows, update version 2501 included a checkbox. Uncheck it to get CoPilot out of Word.

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Answer 3

Charles Kenyon 3,121 Volunteer Moderator

It is my understanding that this is also present, as of some time on January 24, for the Mac desktop Word application from Microsoft 365.

It is promised that it will be available for other desktop applications soon. I just checked and am not seeing them yet. Microsoft seems to be moving fast, though, to fix this mess.

Answer 4

Gloria Albuquerque-MSFT 15 Microsoft External Staff

Hello,

To resolve this issue, I would suggest raising a support ticket using the link below. This will allow an assigned engineer from the respective team to investigate and assist in resolving the matter promptly.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/get-help-support?view=o365-worldwide

Thank you.

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