Guide to completely disabling Copilot in Windows

You can uninstall Windows features through simple options. However, to completely and permanently remove Copilot from your computer, you need to perform some additional steps. Below is a guide on how to completely remove Copilot from a Windows computer.

Uninstall the Copilot application on Windows.

You will need to access your computer's settings to uninstall the Copilot application. Access the application management interface on your computer , then find Copilot and click the three-dot icon to select Uninstall .

If the computer is used by multiple users and you don't want to uninstall Copilot for each user individually, you can use a PowerShell command.

Open PowerShell with administrator privileges and enter the following command:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name "Microsoft.Windows.Copilot" | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

To prevent Windows from reinstalling Copilot when you create a new user, use the command below.

Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "*Microsoft.Copilot*" } | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

Disable Copilot's autostartup.

Open Task Manager and click on Startup. Then right-click on Copilot and select Disabled .

Disable Copilot in Edge

Copilot appears in multiple locations within the Edge browser, so disabling it requires several steps.

1. Instructions on disabling Copilot mode in Edge

Disable Copilot in Edge using the Registry

Step 1:

First, type "registry editor" in the search bar , then access the following path.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows

Step 2:

Right- click on the Windows key , select New > Key, and name it WindowsCopilot .

Step 3:

Next, right-click on the new WindowsCopilot key and select D-WORD 32-bit Value . Name the value TurnOffWindowsCopilot .

Double-click on the selected value 1 to enable Copilot disabling mode on Windows.

Step 4:

Continue accessing via the link below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionContentDeliveryManager

Look to the right, find the value for SilentInstalledAppsEnabled , and double-click to change it.

Enter 0 to disable Microsoft from secretly installing Copilot on your computer.