We're living in the age of 'minimum uninstall requirements'
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026
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Makes you wonder how much (personal) data Microslop Copilot is collecting. If they don't allow uninstalling from cheaper versions, does it mean they need the revenue from data collection?
That’s absolutely what they need. They’re desperately trying to keep the data for themselves instead of sharing it with bloatware vendors.
Hi, actual Windows System Engineer here. Both the "Microsoft Copilot" and the "Microsoft Copilot 365"(previously Office Hub) apps have been removable by group policy or Intune configuration policy since mid last year. Previous to that they were also still able to be remove by running the Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage as a start up script, or remediation script. Fun fact, a lot of those "Debloater" acripts are running this command because the massive amount of engineering work done since Windows 7 to make Windows Components modular.
This is a non article.
You forgot to don your cape this morning, mate.
Edit. Lol I give a genuine complement and someone downvotes. People are strange.
However, the device to which this is applied must meet the following criteria: it must have both Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot installed on the system; the Microsoft Copilot app wasn’t installed by the user; and the Microsoft Copilot app wasn’t launched in the past 28 days. This means that even though admins can now remove the Microsoft Copilot app, users would still have the Microsoft 365 Copilot app installed on their system. The former is the free app preinstalled on Windows 11, while the latter is a paid service included with a Microsoft 365 subscription.
It's still quite a long way from "if you don't like Copilot, just uninstall it." They'll let you install one Copilot app if you have another Copilot app installed, leaving you with one Copilot app.
Which Copilot do you get to block?
- The software formerly known as Cortana?
- The software formally known as Office?
- The software formerly known as Bing?
- The software that lets you make silly pictures of yourself as anime characters?
I’m honestly surprised Microsoft hasn’t renamed windows “Copilot” at this point.
https://news-usa.today/hey-copilot-cortana-replaced-in-windows-11-pcworld/
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/copilot-search-announcement-2025
You always could if you know how to use power shell, or just a debloat program like geek uninstaller.