OK...a quick cursory search reveals that currently there is NO WAY to disable Copilot in Word, a service I pay for? Even for professional writers who have spent countless hours toiling away at their craft and want nothing to do with it? - ThreadSky

szacharek.bsky.social • 37 days ago

OK...a quick cursory search reveals that currently there is NO WAY to disable Copilot in Word, a service I pay for? Even for professional writers who have spent countless hours toiling away at their craft and want nothing to do with it?

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ann-atar.bsky.social•37 days ago

Go into Privacy > Manage Connected Experiences and uncheck everything.

szacharek.bsky.social•37 days ago

This does not seem to be a possibility on a Mac. But thank you!

ann-atar.bsky.social•37 days ago

I'm on a Mac. Maybe we have different versions of Word? I see Privacy under Preferences, Personal Settings.

hollygl125.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’m on a Mac, and per info from Microsoft I unchecked the first box, so I can’t *use* Copilot, but the little symbol still follows me everywhere on my doc, and it still opens all my new docs with a line about Copilot. (Needless to say, I hate it.) Were you able to get rid of that, too?

ann-atar.bsky.social•37 days ago

Unchecking everything worked as far as I can tell. I don't see anything about copilot in my docs.

hollygl125.bsky.social•37 days ago

Oooh, excellent! I will try that. Thank you!

szacharek.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yes, you're right, I did go back in and I found the Privacy settings. But even unchecking those options didn't do the trick—I still get Copilot when I open a new file (even after quitting out of Word and then relaunching). So who knows...but thank you for your help!

bleedbuild.bsky.social•37 days ago

I found Copilot in add/remove programs and uninstalled it.

jeblucas.bsky.social•37 days ago

I can help. There is a GitHub Powershell script for de-gunking Windows 10 and 11. It is amazing the work that has to be done to get this shit out of your way.

https://github.com/yzsuai/Win11Debloat-

nash1947.bsky.social•37 days ago

📌

dylanbeaudette.bsky.social•37 days ago

Dump it and use a text editor?

jtomase.bsky.social•37 days ago

After an hour of struggle, I have reached the same conclusion. I even tried uninstalling it. Is Word Perfect still a thing??

jtomase.bsky.social•37 days ago

UPDATE: Doing the Windows version of this worked. Here are the Mac instructions:

Open Word, select the app menu, and then go to Preferences > Authoring and Proofing Tools > Copilot.

Clear the Enable Copilot checkbox.

Close and restart the app.

samadams.bsky.social•37 days ago

I was curious

szacharek.bsky.social•37 days ago

I've fished around the Internet and (as of now), there's all kinds of false information about how to get rid of it/disable it, even within a single file. The short answer seems to be...you can't.

szacharek.bsky.social•37 days ago

No "Options" under the File tab. Believe me, I have looked! Is it something others have that I don't?

thehighsign.bsky.social•37 days ago

Following this closely because I am having the exact same problem as of this weekend. The process described online for how to disable it doesn't seem to work w/ whatever version of Word/OS I am using. And seeing it every time I open a new file makes me want to never write anything again.

szacharek.bsky.social•37 days ago

SAME

thehighsign.bsky.social•37 days ago

Let's not even get into how, as of a few years ago, the Word software we ALREADY BOUGHT is now a service that charges a monthly fee to use all the features. Rent-seeking much?

yeahthatbloke.bsky.social•37 days ago

You're right - now way are they getting their AI hands on stuff I write. I Managed to turn off copilot in MSWord yesterday. It's under "Options", which are now hidden behind a "More" button under the File tab:
hope this helps