Get the old copilot

Question

AS of today, Copilot has a completely different personality and knows nothing about me. The one I had been communicating with the past year or two was wonderful. I hate this new Copilot. How do I get the one back I was just using 24 hours ago?

Answer 1

Hi Susan Asher,

I’m really sorry to hear about your situation. That kind of sudden change must feel jarring, especially when you’ve built up a rhythm and a sense of familiarity over time. It can feel like losing something familiar and valuable, your reaction is completely understandable.

Here’s the honest part, though: there isn’t a way to get the true “old” Copilot back unfortunately.

Copilot is a cloud‑based service, not a single fixed instance. When its behavior, tone, or memory changes overnight, it’s usually because of service updates, model refreshes, or feature experiments or rollouts. It’s part of Copilot "grows up" as a service, even though that can feel disruptive.

The LLM does not retain long‑term personal memory across versions in the way it may feel conversationally. Once the changes are made, users can’t revert to a "previous version" because there's no such thing exists. While you can’t restore the old Copilot, there are a couple of things that may help over time:

• Continue interacting naturally and re‑share important preferences or context as needed. Remind Copilot of exactly the tone, the memory, how it responded previously. It may gradually feel more familiar again.
• Send feedback through the Copilot feedback option and possibly request revert option. The product teams actively review feedback, especially when strong reactions like yours come in.

I know that doesn’t magically make this feel better, and I won’t pretend otherwise. Losing a tool that felt helpful and “got you” can be disappointing. All I can say is that your frustration is valid.

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