Disable or Remove Copilot Button or Icon from Microsoft Edge Toolbar

In newer versions of Microsoft Edge web browser (v118.0 and later), Microsoft has added a new Copilot button or icon to the toolbar. If you want to disable or remove the new Copilot icon from Microsoft Edge toolbar, this article will help you.

When Microsoft released Edge 111 version, the company added a new Bing Chat or Discover button to the browser toolbar to promote their AI-powered chatbot tool. Many users found the new button addition unnecessary and annoying and started complaining about it. In later versions, Microsoft provided a built-in option to easily add/remove the Bing Chat button on Microsoft Edge toolbar.

Now the previous Bing Chat button has been replaced with the new Copilot icon in Microsoft Edge 118 and later versions.

Following image shows new Copilot icon and old Bing Chat button present on Microsoft Edge toolbar:

Microsoft recently launched new Copilot AI tool to all Windows 11 users and now Microsoft has started adding the same AI tool to Edge browser. The new Copilot icon is displayed at the top-right corner near the main 3-dots menu on Microsoft Edge toolbar.

More Info about Copilot Tool: [Tip] How to Enable or Disable Copilot AI in Windows 11

People who want to use new AI-powered assistant in Edge browser, will love the addition of Copilot toolbar button but many privacy concerned users may not like the new feature addition and may want to get rid of it.

Fortunately, the previous method still works to completely remove the Copilot button or icon from Edge toolbar. If you also want to disable or remove new Copilot icon from Edge toolbar, following steps will help you:

STEP 1: Open Microsoft Edge web browser and click on the main 3-dots menu button present at the right-side of the toolbar and select Settings option from the main menu. Now click on Sidebar tab or section present in left-side pane of Settings page.

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Alternatively, you can direct open Sidebar Settings page using edge://settings/sidebar URL in address bar.

STEP 2: In right-side pane, look for App and notification settings section. Under App specific settings section, click on Copilot option.

STEP 3: Now you can easily remove or hide the new Copilot toolbar button by setting “Show Copilot” toggle option to OFF as shown in following screenshot:

As soon as you disable the toggle option, it’ll immediately delete the Copilot icon or button from Edge toolbar.

PS: In future, if you decide to restore Copilot icon on Edge toolbar, set the above mentioned toggle option to ON again.

BONUS TIP: Previous registry tweak to get rid of Bing Chat button still works to remove the new Copilot icon from Microsoft Edge toolbar. If you want to use a Registry script to hide or remove Copilot icon from Microsoft Edge in your computer, check out following article to learn about the Registry method which also works for new Copilot icon:

How to Disable or Remove Bing Chat Button from Microsoft Edge Toolbar

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