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Microsoft recently introduced a new feature for Windows 11 users called ‘Copilot’. Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model, the new AI-powered feature allows users to perform various tasks like changing system settings and understanding the context of a page.
While Copilot seems to be everything Cortana wasn’t, many don’t want an AI-powered assistant sitting on their taskbar. If you are looking for a way to remove Windows Copilot from the taskbar or disable it on your account, here’s how to do it in a few steps.
1. Boot and log in to your Windows 11 machine and open the ‘Settings’ app. If you can’t find it, use the “Windows + i” shortcut.
2. Now, click on the ‘Personalization’ option that appears on the left side of the Settings app.
3. Here, you will see a toggle called ‘Copilot (preview)’. Turn it off and you are good to go.
Keep in mind that doing so will only remove the Windows Copilot shortcut from the taskbar. The feature can still be accessed using the ‘Windows+C’ combination and it will still run in the background.
If you want to completely disable Windows Copilot, you will need to tinker with the Registry Editor. To do so, type ‘Registry Editor’ in the Start Menu and hit enter.
Now, navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot” from the navigation panel on the left. Now, you will see a key named ‘TurnOffWindowsCopilot’.
In case the key does not appear, right-click in an empty area, create a new DWORD key from the menu and name it ‘TurnOffWindowsCopilot’. Double-click on it and change the value to ‘1’. Now, restart your PC and Windows Copilot will be disabled on your account.
