Microsoft now lets admins uninstall Copilot on enterprise devices
Summary
Microsoft has released a new policy setting called RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp that allows IT administrators to uninstall Copilot (an AI-powered digital assistant) from enterprise Windows devices, available after the April 2026 Patch Tuesday security update. The policy can be deployed through Group Policy or Policy CSP (configuration service provider, a system for managing Windows settings remotely) on devices managed by Microsoft Intune or SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager, enterprise management tools), and applies only to Windows 11 version 25H2 where users haven't launched Copilot in the last 28 days. Users can still reinstall Copilot if they choose to after it is uninstalled by the policy.
Solution / Mitigation
To enable the RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp policy, open the Group Policy Editor and navigate to either '/User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/WindowsAI/RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp' or '/Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/WindowsAI/RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp'. When enabled, this policy will uninstall the Microsoft Copilot app from devices in the organization in a non-disruptive way. This setting applies to Enterprise, Professional, and Education client SKUs only.
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Original source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-lets-admins-uninstall-copilot-on-enterprise-devices/
First tracked: April 24, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%