--- title: "Microsoft quietly added a way to scrub Copilot off your PC to the Group Policy" url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-quietly-added-a-way-to-scrub-copilot-off-your-pc-to-the-group-policy-x4nacqonh source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-quietly-added-a-way-to-scrub-copilot-off-your-pc type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-26T04:05:24.085Z updated: 2026-05-26T04:05:46.743Z tags: ["windows", "microsoft-copilot"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft quietly added a way to scrub Copilot off your PC to the Group Policy **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft quietly added a Group Policy entry called 'Remove Microsoft Copilot app' in the April 2026 Windows 11 update, allowing users to permanently remove Copilot and prevent it from reinstalling after updates. The policy covers both the desktop Copilot app and Microsoft 365's Copilot. Windows Home users, who lack Group Policy access, can achieve the same result via a Registry edit under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI. This move reflects Microsoft's broader pullback of Copilot following weak user adoption in 2025. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft keeps reinstalling Copilot, but this Group Policy removes it for good](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-keeps-reinstalling-copilot-but-this-group-policy-removes-it-for-good-mbd6pfkw0) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft now lets admins uninstall Copilot on enterprise devices](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-now-lets-admins-uninstall-copilot-on-enterprise-devices-kai5pesug) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft will finally let you uninstall Copilot](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-will-finally-let-you-uninstall-copilot-dhkip9bhp) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#microsoft-copilot](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-copilot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-quietly-added-a-way-to-scrub-copilot-off-your-pc-to-the-group-policy-x4nacqonh)