How to remove ‘Ask Copilot’ from Windows 11’s context menu
On the desktop and in Windows Explorer, the entrance “Ask for a co -pilot»Appears in the context menu during right clicks on a recorded file type such as DOCX, TXT, PDF or PNG for a few weeks now.
Microsoft wants to draw user attention to the AI contained in Windows and encourage them to use the function. If that annoys you, however, you can simply delete the menu input via the register.
Type “register editor” in the task search window and click on the hit Editor. Click on the folder “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ WINDOWS \ Currentversion \ Shell Extensions \” and open the key Blocked.
If this key does not exist, right -click on Hull extensionsgo to New -> Key And give the new key the name “blocked”.
You can delete co -pilot entry into the contextual menus from the office and the explorer by modifying the register.
Sam Singleton
Then right -click on Blockedcall New channel and give him the name {CB3B0003-8088-4EDE-8769-8B354AB 2FF8C}. Double-click now on the character string and enter “Copilot” as a value.
Then close the window with ALL RIGHT. The next time you open the explorer or the next time you right -click a file on the desktop, Ask for a co -pilot should disappear.
The alternative consists in completely eliminating the co -pilot from the system. To do that, go to Parameters via the start menu then at Applications -> Installed applications. In the following list, you will also find Copilot, which you can uninstall by clicking on the three points.
Besides: If you use Windows 11 Home, you will miss the many advantages of the Pro version. Fortunately, Windows 11 upgrade is available in the 64% reduction PCworld software store at the moment.
This article originally appeared on our PC-Welt sister publication and was translated and located in German.
