Win10 Academy: 3 ways to disable Microsoft Copilot on the taskbar
CTOnews.com, November 23, Microsoft recently released an update to Build 19045.3757 (KB5032278) for Win10 22H2 preview users, focusing on the Copilot AI (preview) experience.
In Win10, the "Copilot in Windows" button is displayed on the right side of the taskbar, and you can see it on the right side of the screen after clicking it. Microsoft says it will not overlap with desktop content or affect already open application windows.
If you do not want to enable Copilot,CTOnews.com in the Win10 system to cite foreign technology media pureinfotech, share three prohibited methods, users can choose a method to disable it according to their preference.
General mode if you want to remove the Copilot button from the taskbar, you can follow these steps:
1. Right-click the taskbar
two。 In the pop-up menu, uncheck the Show Copilot button.
After completing the above steps, the taskbar no longer displays Copilot, but the disadvantage is that Copilot is not completely disabled, and users still use the "Windows + C" keyboard shortcut to turn the experience on and off.
Win10 group policy 1. Open the start menu
two。 Search for Group Policy and open the Group Policy Editor
3. Open the user configuration > Administrative templates > Windows components > Windows Copilot path
4. Double-click the close Windows Copilot policy
5. Select enabled
6. Click the apply and OK buttons
7. Restart the computer
After completing these steps, Copilot is disabled from the operating system, and you can't even use the "Windows + C" keyboard shortcut to open the interface. This removes the Show Copilot button option from the taskbar context menu.
Registry modification method 1. Open the start menu
two。 Search for the Registry and open the Registry Editor
3. Jump to the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Policies\ Microsoft\ Windows" path
4. Right-click the Windows folder and select New item
5. Name it WindowsCopilot
6. Then create a new "DWORD (32 bit)" value and name it "TurnOffWindowsCopilot"
The above image source pureinfotech7. Double-click "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" to change DWORD and change its value from 0 to 1
8. Click the OK button
9. Restart the computer
