By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2026-04-09 14:36:00
It’s finally happening! The Notepad app for Windows Insiders has officially ditched Copilot branding in favour of a subtler “Writing tools” icon. Earlier, Notepad had a very prominent, colorful Copilot logo near the top-right corner, which everyone despised, despite the ability to disable it. In case of Snipping Tool, Microsoft has completely removed AI integration.
Snipping Tool also had a Copilot button that showed up after selecting an area with Quick markup enabled. But now, it seems even the regular version of Snipping Tool for all users has quietly removed the Copilot integration. Unlike Notepad, there was no option to manually disable Copilot in the Snipping Tool, which makes this a remarkable change.
Microsoft has confirmed it’s reducing unnecessary Copilot integration in Windows
On March 20, the President of Windows and Devices, Pavan Davuluri, published a blog post for Windows…
