How to disable co-pilot on Mac

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How to disable co-pilot on Mac

Gordon Allen 0

How to disable co-pilot in Microsoft word on mac

Co-pilot is driving me mad

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.9K

John's suggestion is the best if you have a MS 365 Subscription & never intend to use Copilot.

If you simply want to disable it the instructions differ a bit from what Kudos-Ng proposed - The Ribbon cannot be modified in that way.

Go to Word> Preferences but in the Authoring & Proofing Tools group there is an explicit Copilot icon. Click that then clear the check on Enable Copilot.

The Copilot tool will continue to display on the Home tab but will be dimmed & inactive.

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John Korchok 236.6K Volunteer Moderator

An alternative to Microsoft 365 is to buy Office 2024 with Outlook or without Outlook. These editions do not have Copilot, and they also don't have subscription fees.

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Answer 2

K D 0

NOPE. GONE. That is not an option to even see nor select! That is the issue and it's time to globally sue Microsoft for this AI CRAP!!!!! Upgrade downgrade upgrade change plans - we are SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP!!!!!!!!!!

Stefan Blom 354K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2026-05-13T21:24:50.4666667+00:00

@K D,

To avoid Copilot, you can get a perpetual license such as Office Home & Business 2024, as suggested by John Korchok.

If you want more input from your fellow users in the forum, I recommend that you start your own thread. Use the Ask a question option (see the screen shot below). Good luck.

The current thread is old and it will be locked.
Stefan Blom 354K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2026-05-13T21:27:25.5133333+00:00

There are two places in which you can access Ask a question. Larger screens and wider web browser windows would usually expose the option on the right hand side of the Q&A page. In a smaller window, you need to expand the menu first.

Answer 3

Just applied the 16.103.1 update which has removed the Copilot logo which was appearing in the lower right corner of the document window.

I'm using Classic 365 which doesb't include Copilot but perhaps the update will provide relief for other versions as well.

The update is available to those who use the Current Channel (Preview) option but should be released to everyone a bit later this month.

Answer 4

John Korchok 236.6K Volunteer Moderator

You can change plans to Microsoft 365 Classic without Copilot and save some money in the process.

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