I am on Windows 10 pro and have debloated and stripped as much tracking junk as I could from the OS, so Copilot had been long gone… until two days ago, when it reappeared on my start menu. I assumed it was sneakily reinstalled after an update so I uninstalled it.
Less than 30 minutes later, it was back. I uninstalled it again, and again it reinstalled after about an hour.
I’ve tried registry edits, I’ve tried changing the group policy, but it does nothing - Copilot keeps reinstalling itself in the time span of 20 minutes to an hour.
I know being on Lemmy I’m going to get a bunch of “Replace it with Linux!” replies so I’d like to preempt this by promising you that yes, that will happen eventually - there’s just some compatibility issues with a couple of my daily driver programs that are pending a resolution.
For now I must stay on Windows, but Microslops incredibly aggressive Copilot reinstalls are pissing me off and I was just wondering if there are any other means in which I can get rid of this program, or at least hide the stupid ugly thing from my sight?
Edit: I suppose it’s important to note that I am not nearly as tech-savvy as a lot of people here, but I try to get by. Please keep this in mind if I ask stupid questions.
its the microsoft tax. at some point, you get to just suck it up, bend over and let microsoft slide copilot right up your asshole.
theres like 14 different versions and youre not going to be able to hit them all at the same time with any reliability. just hold your nose until you can choose not to use it anymore
Yeah I generally dislike when people are like “switch to Linux lololol” on a support thread… But there legit isn’t really anything you can do. You may find some obscure hacks to disable it, but as you see microsoft will just undo th at the next mandatory update.
Then just like local accounts, one by one they’ll start removing workarounds and punishing you for doing them.
OP I hate to be that guy, but maybe a dual boot is the way to go for now. Microsoft is only going to make this harder.