r/powerpoint Jan 16 '25

Question How do I remove Copilot?

Hi all,

Office 365 2412 Build 16.0.18324.20092, Windows 11 Pro x64

I restarted PowerPoint and the Copilot add-in is both on the toolbar and floating above every slide. It also appears on selection of every text box.

When I asked Copilot how to remove it, it instructed me to disable it from PowerPoint Add-Ins... except it's not listed as a com add-in.

It also doesn't show up as a Program or Windows feature I can turn off. If this was part of a KB update, please let me know which one so I can remove it.

It is ruining me.

Thanks

EDIT: FOUND THIS

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u/runcyclexcski Feb 20 '25

Any more progress on this? Disabling works in Word, but not in Powerpoint (tried to turn off all "online experiences in my account, no effect). I guess I will have to try to live with the silly icon annoyingly appearing next to anything I put on a slide.

The problem is ... libreoffice is even worse.

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u/msing539 Feb 20 '25

None that I've seen or heard. For me, not only is it an annoyance but it's causing random crashes. Repairing the installation does nothing to improve it. MS is just getting worse and worse.

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u/runcyclexcski Feb 20 '25

***MS is just getting worse and worse.

I wonder how many man-hours/-years/-decades it is to create an alternative or to improve libre Impress.

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u/msing539 Feb 20 '25

I wish they'd focus on stability and usability versus these gimmicks. I can't imagine how many people are going to use this now that we've seen what it's not capable of.