Enabling and disabling option of Copilot within Excel is not present

Question

I don't mind Copilot but a day a ago a "Copilot Suggestion" feature installed when I right click on my Excel worksheet. It wouldn't be so much of a problem except that it made the C in Copilot a shortcut which interferes with the Copy shortcut. Also, I'm using version 2602 and I don't have the option to enable or disable Copilot. I would really want a fix to this or a solution to get rid of Copilot altogether.

Answer 1

Hi @Hector Gonzalez,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

According to your concern, refer to the information in Turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps - Microsoft Support, you can turn off Copilot using the Enable Copilot checkbox and this feature is available starting from Excel version 2501 which means your Excel 2602 should have this feature. However, since you mentioned that the option is missing, it highly means that your organization controls the privacy settings and you will need assistance from administrator to remove/unassign the Copilot license/add-on or disable Copilot surfaces via policies.

If you don't know who your IT administrator is, please refer to this article: How do I find my Microsoft 365 admin? - Microsoft Support. When contacting your admin, you can specifically ask them to disable Microsoft Copilot for your account. This is a standard request, and your organization's IT team should be able to assist you within Microsoft 365 Admin Center > Users > Active Users > uncheck the Copilot license via Licenses and apps.

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Answer 2

After right-clicking, press Space before the letter — e.g., right-click → Space → C will usually trigger Copy rather than Copilot.

Disable Copilot in Excel (if supported)

If your Excel version has a Copilot setting:

Go to File → Options

Look for a Copilot category

Uncheck “Enable Copilot”

Restart Excel

This should remove Copilot entries from menus.