How do I remove the Copilot icon from slide view in PowerPoint?

Gina Deysel 120 Reputation points
2024-08-16T18:04:09.8766667+00:00

Yesterday or the day before, a new icon for Copilot appeared in PowerPoint. It is directly over the slide in Normal view, between the ruler and the top of the slide. The icon is positioned in such a way that the bottom of the slide is disappearing off the screen and creating a scrollbar, even when I set the view to "Fit to Window". I am doing content review and am having to repeatedly stop, scroll down to get info, slide number, etc., and it's slowing me down.

How can I turn this icon off or move it somewhere else?

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A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
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Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
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  1. Jiajing Hua-MFST 9,260 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-08-19T07:38:27.18+00:00

    Hi @Gina Deysel

    Based on my tests, we are unable to remove the icon. I suggest you submit the request on Microsoft Feedback Community.

    Besides, you may vote up this thread: How do I get rid of the incredibly annoying "Draft with Copilot" icon in the left margin of Word?, uses replied in it has the same need as you, they want to remove the copilot icon in Word.

    Thanks for your understanding.

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  2. Michael Taylor 53,726 Reputation points
    2024-08-16T19:38:14.2266667+00:00

    If your account has a license for Copilot then a button should be on the Home tab. You should be able to click it. I don't have Copilot so I cannot confirm but I assume this should enable/disable the option, or give you access to settings to do this.

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