You can follow this short trick to disable Copilot in Windows 11. You can disable Copliot on Taskbar And Search Tool so it will remove the Copilot icon that appears in these two places.
For those of you who use Windows 11, You'll probably find the Copilot icon on the taskbar and the finder tool on Windows. Microsoft has “forced” you to use Copilot even though you never wanted to install it.
It is true that they have forced, before the icon existed, Microsoft never offers whether you want to install it or not. After you log in, suddenly the icon appeared on the taskbar and search tool in Windows 11.
What is Copilot? Copilot is an artificial intelligence feature (AI) which acts as an assistant in Windows 11. Microsoft claims that AI is useful for increasing productivity and creativity in using computers. However, there are also many users who do not agree with the presence of Copilot on their Windows computers.
Maybe some of you don't want Copilot on Windows 11 so it is necessary to delete it, sadly, You can't do it. This feature cannot be removed because there is no option to remove it. You only have the option to disable the Copilot icon via Taskbar settings.
Although you cannot delete it completely, however you can disable the Copilot function in the taskbar and search tool so that you no longer see the Copilot icon in those two places.
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How to Disable Copilot on the Taskbar
Follow the three steps below to disable Copliot from appearing in the Windows Taskbar 11.
- Run Command Prompt as Administrator. Open the search box then type cmd then select Run as administrator
- Copy and paste the command below on Command Prompt then press enter:
reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
- If successful, Sign out then log back in for the changes to take effect.
How to Disable Copilot in Search Tools
Notes: If you disable Copilot in the search tool, several things are affected by it:
- Also deactivate Search Highlights.
- At the top of the page Settings > Privacy & security > Search permissions will display a message Some of these settings are managed by your organization
To disable Copilot on the search tool, Do the following steps:
- Run Command Prompt as Administrator. Open the search tool then type cmd then select Run as administrator
- Copy and paste the command below on Command Prompt then press enter:
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /V BingSearchEnabled /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F
- If successful, Sign out then log back in for the changes to take effect.
Here's a snapshot of the taskbar and search tools without Copilot.
That's a quick trick to disable Copilot in the taskbar and search tool, hope it's useful.
