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 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-05-13T20:42:17.3233333+00:00

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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