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

Gina Deysel 405

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?

Sciano, Donna 170 Reputation points

2024-09-12T18:29:46.57+00:00

I agree. I would also like to remove the icon from the working canvas.
John Dickerson 170 Reputation points

2024-09-13T19:43:30.95+00:00

This needs to be fixed. The Icon needs to be removable. It makes you have to scroll down to see the bottom of the slide, so annoying. I will remove Copilot if this isn't fixed.
Timo Järvensivu 140 Reputation points

2024-09-16T15:51:17.8233333+00:00

This really is annoying. Hope they fix it really soon. Usability testing, please, Microsoft, please.
Agustin B 60 Reputation points

2024-09-30T22:08:38.5933333+00:00

This is ridiculous, now I have the slide all the way to the bottom of the screen so the co-pilot icon is on top, taking way more space than needed
Glenn Kirkaldy 65 Reputation points

2024-10-02T01:59:34.26+00:00

Please fix this, why is valuable screen real estate taken with one small icon! There are so many other places this icon could go.
GutsandGears 55 Reputation points

2024-10-02T17:10:14.5966667+00:00

I really wonder who had the bright idea of adding an icon there. And I use co-pilot, but the icon placement is beyond ridiculous.

Anybody who uses powerpoint would know its just really annoying placement. We have to do all these tricks to get the most real estate and we have this icon sitting there.
Kollegger-Riedler, Robert AVL/AT 35 Reputation points

2024-10-10T07:50:06.56+00:00

Yes, agree. This is really annoying. I take the workaround to reduce zoom of the slides (for me 75% works) to get at least rid of the scrollbar. But honestly, I'm loosing appr. 10-15% of possible screen space only for this icon. And I have the copilot-icon anyhow at the ribbon bar as well. Please fix it.
James Heasley 80 Reputation points

2024-10-10T12:13:04.69+00:00

I got so annoyed at this that I decided to remove copilot. It’s effectively useless anyway and not worth the extra money. Way to annoy your customers and lose money, Microsoft. Sheesh.
Erin Talisman 30 Reputation points

2024-10-18T00:11:27.8+00:00

Yes, please make this feature removable, it is extremely frustrating. Needs to be addressed promptly. I plan to remove copilot in the meantime. I see no point to having this, when in the tool bar it is already there
Ghazali, Zarina 25 Reputation points

2024-11-01T01:10:04.99+00:00

Dear Microsoft Team - please move the COPILOT ICON placement in POWERPOINT. If it has to be there, please put on the right hand side of the slide, not at the top. Please understand that the whole slide needs to be visibly centralized on the screen for heavy users of PPT. Thank You.
Murat Cicek 5 Reputation points

2024-11-18T18:00:39.91+00:00

This issue persists as of Nov 18th 2024, so annoying
Liam Metzeling 5 Reputation points

2024-11-20T21:29:00.7366667+00:00

Very frustrating to have the Powerpoint screen realestate taken up by something completely unnecessary. The button causes the slide to slip down the view and on each slide you then have to scroll down a little to see the whole thing, incomprehensible how this was introduced in the first place, let alone still a thing. This needs to be fixed.

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Williams, Carrie 60 Reputation points

2024-10-15T20:39:12.9066667+00:00

This is not really a solution, but if you open a second window (View>New Window) that seems to disable your ability to use Copilot and removes the button. Minimize the second window, and go about your life.
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Evan Scheessele 0 Reputation points

2024-10-21T15:37:18.1833333+00:00

Helpful workaround. An embarrassing hack, and it should be a sign for MSFT that this is how far users have to go to work around bad UI decisions. Thanks for the pointer.

Jared 0 Reputation points

2024-12-26T16:57:42.0233333+00:00

It may be a workaround but it works and is very helpful! I NEVER would have thought of that. Thanks.
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Jiajing Hua-MFST 12,240 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.

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Yiannos Theodoridis 0 Reputation points

2024-11-01T08:59:02.8666667+00:00

The response from the Microsoft Feedback Community (below) is that this is for your community to solve as this is a Copilot feature, not a PPT one.

Also, the thread about Word is irrelevant. That is a completely different issue (the challenge is of a different nature), which has now been addressed if I understand right.

"This community is geared more towards to general feature queries in PowerPoint app.

I understand your concern. To make sure you get the dedicated assistance for Copilot related question, I sincerely recommend you post your concern to the specific chanel Microsoft Q&A Community by using PowerPoint tag and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development tag: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development - Microsoft Q&A

Members and engineers over there are proficient in the knowledge of Copilot and PowerPoint customization queries. We are sure that our experts from that team can address your query effectively and accurately."
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Michael Taylor 55,676 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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Gina Deysel 405 Reputation points

2024-08-16T21:05:46.0766667+00:00

I have an Office 365 subscription. A few days ago, I did have a Copilot button on the ribbon. It has been missing since the update the other day, and replaced by the one on the slide workspace.

I have gone through every command available under Customize Ribbon as well as under Quick Access Toolbar (just in case). I have also gone through the Options panels and not found any reference to Copilot.

James Heasley 80 Reputation points

2024-08-22T13:35:26.9866667+00:00

This isn't the issue. There is already a button on the ribbon. This is an annoying icon that floats above your slide and creates wasted space between the ribbon and the slide, which pushes the slide down on the screen. It also means you cannot just use the down arrow key to move between slides since it does something that requires at least two key presses to move to the next slide. It's useless and annoying.

Mehboob Rukadikar 0 Reputation points

2024-08-30T16:11:31.8833333+00:00

To add 'Copilot' button on the ribbon, try this : go to File --> Options --> Customize Ribbon --> Choose commands from 'Mains Tab' --> Home --> Assistance --> Chat with Copilot --> Add >> --> OK.

There seems to be no option to get rid of the annoying icon in 'Normal' slide editing view (hopefully it will be addressed via a patch ! )
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