Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps

Microsoft is starting to remove "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor of a "writing tools" menu.

By The Verge

• April 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM

Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps Photo: The Verge

The unnecessary Copilot buttons are disappearing from Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Widgets.

The change is part of “reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad,” that Microsoft promised to complete as part of its broader plan to fix Windows 11 .

While Copilot buttons are being removed, it looks like the underlying AI features are here to stay, though.

I’m now waiting to see if Microsoft decides to remove the Copilot button requirement from laptop keyboards, or whether it will go further and remove the other unnecessary Copilot buttons that it has added into various parts of Windows 11 in recent months.

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