By Will McCurdy
Publication Date: 2026-01-10 19:50:00
If you’re using Windows 11 and you’re no fan of Microsoft Copilot, you may soon be able to get rid of it, but only if you’re using a managed device and you have your admin’s cooperation.
Ever since the tech giant started automatically installing Copilot across Windows 10 and 11 PCs in 2023, Microsoft has allowed users to disable Copilot temporarily. But it’s been impossible to uninstall it completely.
Now, with the release of a Windows 11 Insider Preview build on Microsoft’s Developer and Beta Channels, IT administrators can uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant on managed devices on Enterprise, Pro, and EDU SKUs.
But the policy, called RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp, still has quite a few caveats. The user must have both Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot installed on the system, and the Microsoft Copilot app must not have been installed by the user.
Another requirement is that the Microsoft Copilot app hasn’t been launched in the…
