REMOVAL GUIDE · MICROSOFT COPILOT

Can you uninstall Copilot? Yes: remove it or remap the key

Yes, and Microsoft documents it. On Windows 11, open Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find Copilot, select the three dots and choose Uninstall; on Windows 10, Settings, Apps, Copilot, Uninstall. It is a Microsoft Store app, so no special tool is involved, and Microsoft says you can install it again from the Microsoft Store. Two details matter afterwards. The Copilot key on newer keyboards can be pointed at something else in Settings. And if you looked for a way to disable Copilot instead: Microsoft now describes the older Turn off Windows Copilot policy as a legacy setting that is being deprecated, and tells administrators to prevent installation with an AppLocker policy.

Updated 11 November 2026.

AT A GLANCE

Check	What it means	Reversible?
Copilot gone from Settings, Apps, Installed apps	The app is uninstalled	Yes: install Copilot from the Microsoft Store
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Copilot" returns nothing	The Copilot package is no longer registered for your account	Read-only check
Settings, Personalization, Text input: Customize Copilot key on keyboard	The Copilot key opens what you chose instead	Yes: change it back
On a managed PC: an AppLocker policy for the package MICROSOFT.COPILOT	Microsoft's documented way for administrators to prevent the app from being installed	Yes: remove the policy
AI features in Edge, Paint and Notepad	Features of other apps, with settings of their own	See the AI features guide

The official way: Settings, or PowerShell

Microsoft documents both routes, and neither needs a third-party tool. The PowerShell lines act on the package registered for your account. The Copilot app was not installed on the Windows 11 PC this guide was checked on, so the steps below are Microsoft's, not a recording of ours.

Windows 11: uninstall from Settings
Open Settings, Apps, Installed apps. Find Copilot, select the three dots next to it and choose Uninstall.
Windows 10: uninstall from Settings
Open Settings, Apps, select Copilot and choose Uninstall.
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The same removal from PowerShell
These are the commands Microsoft gives for removing the Copilot app. If the first line finds no package, there is nothing to remove.
```
$packageFullName = Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Copilot" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PackageFullName
Remove-AppxPackage -Package $packageFullName
```
PowerShell
Point the Copilot key at something else
Open Settings, Personalization, Text input and use Customize Copilot key on keyboard to choose what the key opens, such as Search or a custom app.
On managed PCs: prevent installation
Microsoft tells administrators to use an AppLocker policy for the package name MICROSOFT.COPILOT, and describes the earlier Turn off Windows Copilot policy as a legacy setting that will be deprecated.

What stays, and what is separate

The Copilot app is a packaged app: Windows removes the package itself, and there is no vendor uninstaller to run or tool to download. Microsoft's pages do not list leftovers, so this guide does not name any. This read-only command shows whether the package is still registered for your account.

Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Copilot" | Format-Table Name, Version

Usually safe to act on

Copilot installed again later: uninstall it the same way. On a managed PC, the AppLocker policy is what Microsoft documents for keeping it from being installed.

Your data and settings: keep

Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime: separate entries, and other apps depend on the Runtime.
The AI Components Host service and the Recall settings: they are not part of the Copilot app, and our AI features guide covers each one.
Your Microsoft account: Microsoft's uninstall steps only remove the app from this PC.

What a restore point does and does not cover

Microsoft describes restore points as snapshots of system files, installed applications, the Windows registry and system settings, taken without affecting personal data. That also means a restore point is not a backup of your files. System Protection is not enabled by default, so on a PC where nobody switched it on, a request for a restore point fails; you turn it on under Create a restore point, Configure. And when an app asks for a restore point while one made in the previous 24 hours already exists, Windows skips the new one and still reports success. For Copilot, no restore point is involved: a packaged app is removed for your account without administrator rights, and Microsoft's way back is to install it again from the Microsoft Store.

How PC Tweaker Uninstaller helps

It lists Copilot among Microsoft Store apps, in the same list as classic programs, and removes it through the same Windows API that Settings uses, for your account and without administrator rights. Windows gives an app without administrator rights no way to tell a Store app that shipped with the PC from one you installed, so its rating does not pretend to; a Store app removed this way can be installed again from the Store. It does not set policies, remap the Copilot key or change AI features inside other apps: the AI features guide linked below covers those one by one.

Keep reading

turning off the Windows 11 AI features you do not use — Recall, Click to Do, the AI Components Host and AI tools in Edge, Paint and Notepad.
turning off Windows Recall, and keeping it off — The settings switch, the policy and removing the component.
the AI Components Host service — What WSAIFabricSvc is, and why Manual rather than Disabled.
removing other preinstalled Windows apps — Pick apps, see what each removal costs, and keep the Store link to get it back.
what PC Tweaker Uninstaller shows before a removal runs — The rating, the command and the permissions, before anything changes.

Common questions

Can I uninstall Copilot from Windows 11?

Yes. Microsoft documents it: open Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find Copilot, select the three dots and choose Uninstall. On Windows 10 the path is Settings, Apps, Copilot, Uninstall.

How do I disable Copilot without uninstalling it?

Microsoft's current documentation offers three things: uninstalling the app, pointing the Copilot key at something else under Settings, Personalization, Text input, and, for administrators, an AppLocker policy that prevents the app from being installed. It describes the older Turn off Windows Copilot policy as a legacy setting that will be deprecated, so do not rely on that policy for the current app.

How do I uninstall Copilot with PowerShell?

Microsoft gives two lines: $packageFullName = Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Copilot" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PackageFullName, then Remove-AppxPackage -Package $packageFullName.

How do I get Copilot back after uninstalling it?

Install it again from the Microsoft Store, which is the route Microsoft's Copilot app page gives.

Does uninstalling Copilot remove AI features from Edge, Paint or Notepad?

No. Those are features of other apps with settings of their own, and Windows features such as Recall and Click to Do are separate again. Uninstalling the Copilot app removes that one app.

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