Question How to kill Co pilot in Office?

[Colif]

I can find how to disable it on Edge but I don't use that,

Stupid thing showed up on Word today, and I really don't need its help

I can't see where to disable the stupid thing

 

[Aeacus]

I can't see where to disable the stupid thing

Given it is put out by Micro$oft, i think there is no way to remove it.

You could try using older version of M$ 365 but it may not work, IF the Copilot was added with Win update.

2nd option is not to use M$ 365 at all. Instead, better to use open source office suite. LibreOffice is one. OpenOffice is another.
I've used Apache OpenOffice since WinXP days. Far better experience, especially since i don't have to put up with Micro$oft shenanigans.
Link: https://www.openoffice.org/

3rd option is to put up with it and succumb to the will of Micro$oft.

 

[Colif]

its not pushy really, I will probably get used to pressing escape to ignore its suggestions.

I get 1tb of Onedrive space with the sub and its useful to me.
I also need office for many of the things I do. Its a way better choice than Google Docs.

I have used open office before.

Pretty sure its updated via windows update as I didn't do anything to get it, just showed up this morning. Could be it was set to open up on 1st November I guess.

looking at reliability history, it shows Office updated on 29th and licensing updated this morning.

It should be optional. I can see how corporations can turn it off via some Office Admin Panel but I don't believe individuals get it.

editing registry appears to be only way, Or run an older version.

Your privacy settings and Copilot​

You can choose your privacy settings when you're using Microsoft 365 apps. Your ability to use Copilot features depends on these two settings:

• Experiences that analyze content
• All connected experiences

If you turn off either of those settings, you can’t use Copilot features in these apps:

• Excel
• OneNote
• Outlook
• PowerPoint
• Word

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-privacy-6f0d8d80-f4bb-4c9f-989e-64a4adfd62e5

Or just disable a setting - It doesn't seem to work but I see if windows needs a restart. I can't disable both of them as I need Onedrive.