Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions — devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app

Microsoft just released a new feature to Windows Insiders that some people are going to love. According to the Windows Insider Blog, administrators who install Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7535 (KB5072046) from the Dev & Beta Channels can now uninstall the Microsoft Copilot App on managed devices. This policy, called RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp, would uninstall the Microsoft Copilot app for users.

However, the device to which this is applied must meet the following criteria: it must have both Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot installed on the system; the Microsoft Copilot app wasn’t installed by the user; and the Microsoft Copilot app wasn’t launched in the past 28 days. This means that even though admins can now remove the Microsoft Copilot app, users would still have the Microsoft 365 Copilot app installed on their system. The former is the free app preinstalled on Windows 11, while the latter is a paid service included with a Microsoft 365 subscription.