I want to disable Copilot in Word on MacBook Air

relarion wrote:

Thanks, Carol. For me, there is no Options choice under File.

those instructions are for the windows version of Word. The Mac version does not have any options under the file menu, but the windows version does.

I also find that feature very annoying so I researched the answer. To disable Copilot in Microsoft Word on a Mac, open your Word document, go to File > Options > Copilot, and then uncheck the "Enable Copilot" box. I'm happy to report it works!

You can find more detail here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-turn-off-copilot-in-microsoft-365-family-and-personal-subscriptions-bc7e530b-152d-4123-8e78-edc06f8b85f1

Carol B. wrote:

I also find that feature very annoying so I researched the answer. To disable Copilot in Microsoft Word on a Mac, open your Word document, go to File > Options > Copilot, and then uncheck the "Enable Copilot" box. I'm happy to report it works!

I just double-checked in Word. I have no "File>Options". I also followed the instructions in the article you linked to, which say go to Preferences > Authoring and Proofing Tools > Copilot. I don't have Copilot there, either. So, I'm not sure what I would do if I wanted to turn it off. Fortunately, I don't.

relarion wrote:

This morning, I opened a new document in Word, and I got a prompt to "Press the icon or select ⌘+ \ to draft with Copilot." I do not want to use Copilot.

If you don't want to use it, can you simply not press the icon or use that key combination?

If you just start typing in the document, that goes away.

Well then, we are back to Barney-15E's suggestion. Contact Microsoft. Somehow I now only see the Co-Pilot icon at the top right of any Word document I'm working on. It's no longer popping up on its own. Maybe if you disregard it enough times, it goes away?

Carol B. wrote:

Well then, we are back to Barney-15E's suggestion. Contact Microsoft. Somehow I now only see the Co-Pilot icon at the top right of any Word document I'm working on. It's no longer popping up on its own. Maybe if you disregard it enough times, it goes away?

I'll have to check on that. I'm usually using Word with a work account that doesn't have Copilot, though.

It works for some but not all users. Many (like me) have the most updated version of WORD on a Mac and still there is no way to turn off copilot. There is no "Enable Copilot" checkbox anywhere. There is no "Options" button under File. I'm glad you were able to fix the problem, Carol. But most of us are out of luck. In the meantime, I'm using Pages to write drafts and then edit them in Word. That's the only way to avoid the Copilot icon from following me.

Disabling the CoPilot functionality (if you can) in Microsoft 365 will not change Microsoft's decision to increase the subscription prices for personal and family. Single-purchase Office 2021/2024 for Mac suites have no access to CoPilot and their pricing remains the same.

Have you contacted Microsoft? They make both products.

I did get offered a thirty dollars off if I changed to a one year subscription (I was paying monthly) but only for one year.