Windows 11 administrators may soon have an ‘official’ method to uninstall the Microsoft Copilot app.
The latest build (26220.7535) released on the dev and beta channels includes, in particular, a GPO named RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp.
It applies only under three conditions.
First, both Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot must be installed.
Second, the Microsoft Copilot app must not have been installed by the user.
Third, that same app must not have been launched in the last 28 days.
The user retains the option to reinstall Microsoft Copilot.
A Copilot feature not available in Europe
Another novelty in build 26220.7535 concerns Copilot. More precisely, its use with Narrator to describe images.
This capability was introduced last year on Copilot+ PCs, which run on local AI. Press Narrator + Ctrl + S to describe the selected image; Narrator + Ctrl + D describes the entire screen.
Other Windows 11 PCs can now access it… provided they have an Internet connection (using remote models). A feature that Microsoft regards as sufficiently sensitive not to offer, in its current form, in the European Economic Area.
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