How to Hide the Microsoft Copilot Button on Taskbar

Windows Copilot, a brand new AI feature for Windows 11, is located in the taskbar by default. But you can hide or display the Copilot button on the taskbar as you want. This article will explain in detail how to hide or display the Copilot button on the taskbar.

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Windows Copilot Overview

In recent years, Windows has been improving. Recently, Microsoft announced the addition of a range of AI features to Windows 11, and Windows Copilot is one of them.

Windows Copilot integrates Bing chat and first-party and third-party plug-ins. So you can ask Windows Copilot questions and it will give reasonable answers, saving a lot of search time. In addition, you can also use it to copy/paste content, summarize/rewrite articles, use screenshot accessibility and more.

Windows Copilot has been added to the Windows 11 preview version. If you want to use this feature, please log in to the Windows Insider Program first. After that, you need to install Insider Preview Version 23493 or later. Then, just click on the corresponding icon to use this feature.

You can learn more about Windows Copilot from this blog.

How to hide/show Copilot buttons on the taskbar

Method 1: Use the settings to hide the Copilot button on the taskbar

Step 1: Press Win I to open the Settings window.

Step 2: Select Personalization and select Taskbar in the right pane.

Step 3: Find Copilot and switch to Off to hide the buttons on the taskbar.

You can then close the Settings window and the Copilot button will be removed from the taskbar.

Method 2: Use the Registry Editor to remove the Copilot button on the taskbar

The Windows registry contains important information about the operating system, programs, and software. Please follow the steps below one by one to avoid errors. To be secure, you can back up the registry keys before making changes.

Step 1: Press Win R to open the "Run" window.

Step 2: Type regedit in the text box and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.

Step 3: Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced .

Step 4: Find and double-click the ShowCopilotButton key in the right pane.

Step 5: In the prompt window, change the value data to 0 and click the OK button.

If you want to display the Capilot button, you can follow steps 1-4 above, then change the numerical data to 1 and save the changes.

Method 3: Use local group policy to hide the Copilot button on the taskbar

Note that if you are using Windows Home, your computer does not support local group policy.

Step 1: Press Win S and type the search box to edit Group Policy .

Step 2: Press Enter to open the local group policy.

Step 3: Follow the following path to find the Hide Copilot button policy in the right pane.

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar

Step 4: Double-click the Hide Copilot button policy and select Enable in the prompt window. If you want the Copilot button to display, select Not configured in this window.

Step 5: Click OK to save the changes.

How to enable Copilot on Windows

As described in the first part, Windows Copilot is only available for Windows 11 Insider Preview Version 23493 or later. If you want to enable Copilot, you should at least install Windows 11 Dev version 23493. You can then follow the steps below to enable Copilot on Windows using ViVeTool.

Step 1: Visit the ViVeTool GUI page to download the latest version of Setup.exe file.

Step 2: Run the file and follow the instructions to install the software.

Step 3: Press Win S and type the command prompt into the box.

Step 4: In the right pane, select Run as administrator .

Step 5: Type cd x:\ViveTool and press Enter . Please replace x with the drive letter of the disk where you installed the application.

Step 6: Copy and paste vivetool /enable /id:44774629,44850061,44776738,42105254,41655236 and press Enter .

Step 7: Open Microsoft Edge , click the three dot icon in the upper right corner, and continue to Help and Feedback > About Microsoft Edge .

Step 8: Wait for the browser to complete the update.

Step 9: Restart the computer and you are ready to use Windows Copilot.

Summarize

Windows Copilot will bring great convenience to everyone. You can select the Show/Hide Copilot button on the taskbar as you want. Hope this article provides you with useful information.

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