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Microsoft Will Again Force-Install Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Windows 11
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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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Anyone have a link to a guide on how to remove Copilot as much as you can? It keeps showing up on my computer at work and I'm so sick of it.
I highly recommend Chris Titus' winutil. It has an option to strip out all AI in the tweaks, among other fantastic options.
As per the github, you can either download the powershell utility or pull it directly from his website:
irm https://christitus.com/win | iexEdit: in hindsite this reads like a malware ad :/ here is the link to the github https://github.com/christitustech/winutil
Installing Mint did the trick for me!
These "install linux' solutions started but the more time passes the more viable they are.
(since the Linux distros improved even more and Microsoft did a lot to worsen windows)
I would but it's a work computer and it's out of my hands. I've already tried running mint on one of them and about 70% of the software we use doesn't even remotely work.
You can also try using flyoobe.
It's just a script that runs scripts to remove annoyances from windows, and a lot of the things it does can be done without local admin
*don't put Mint on your work issued machine (unless they said its cool)
Someone I worked with did that and got away with it somehow. He would get an occasional nag but mostly they just let him do it. Wish I had those cajones.
Good advice.
I actually did put Mint on my work computer - but I have a great deal of leverage (hard to replace), and my boss likes me, and the Windows 10 to 11 uograde had failed several times, and all we we being measured on was getting off of Windows 10.
I've been running Mint for work since just before the Windows 10 end of life last year, and it has been lovely.
Ask me anything, of course.
But obviously, most folks should never do this without some kind of blessing from their employer.
Depends on when. There are config scripts to use during installation that let you pick what you want. After installation use Windows Shutup by O&O software. I can’t vouch for it being 100% effective but it appears to do the job.