How do I disable Copilot?

[ar1ja]

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Hi!

Copilot has appeared on my GitHub WebUI and I wanted to ask where can I disable it?

Thanks!

[emersion]

Couldn't find a way to disable it, wrote a userstyle to remove the garbage: https://userstyles.world/style/19894/disable-github-copilot

[andy3520]

I cannot access the link its always show 403, what happened?

[V2U-Services]

To disable Copilot in Visual Studio Code, go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X), then search for "GitHub Copilot" and click Disable. Alternatively, go to the settings (Ctrl+,), search for "Copilot," and turn it off globally or for specific file types. Restart VS Code to make sure the changes take effect.

[mcclure]

Okay, I searched in VSCode settings for "Copilot" and found this checkbox

When I unchecked the checkbox the Copilot menu disappeared from VSCode. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the Copilot menu on github.com. I wound up blocking the website Copilot menu with uBlock Origin (fitting, because the Copilot menu is literally an advertisement).

Incidentally, I do not think I should have had to have unchecked the copilot menu box in VSCode. I think uninstalling the Copilot extension should have been enough to make it go away. I filed a bug about this.

[paweston70]

@mcclure

Switch to Codium - far better; you can properly disable copilot, rather than having it hang around in the background. There also seems to be less stupid changes. For instance, I can disable the trust settings (and before anyone says that I should be using it, all of my work is done on the inside of an intranet; I do not pull code from other sources except for documentation, all of the code I edit has been written by people on the inside of my organisation, unless we've recovered obvious snippets from somewhere like Stack Overflow). It honestly feels less bloated and still takes all of the usual plugins and extensions that work with VS Code (as it is based on VS Code in the first place).

[ar1ja]

or vim my beloved

[mcclure]

@paweston70 , are you completely certain this checkbox is gone in up-to-date codium?

[paweston70]

Well, this search...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=does+vscodium+contain+copilot&atb=v390-1&df=y&ia=web

shows all hits for Copilot with VSCodium over the past year, and I cannot see anything except 'How to install Copilot'.

Further, when I search the settings in VSCodium for Copilot, nothing is displayed. Even when searching for 'ai' I do get a big list of settings, but nothing is there to reflect Copilot or any other AI.

Just try installing it. If it is there, then you can waggle your finger at me and say: 'I told you so'; I won't hold it against you. :-)

I will say that my version is from 3 weeks ago...

...but I haven't been notified of any updates as yet.

[bjoernager]

On https://github.com/settings/copilot/, there is an option titled Dashboard entry point. Setting this to Disabled removes the Copilot search bar from the front page for me.

[emersion]

Note, this option is not available when Copilot has never been enabled on an account.

[bjoernager]

For some reason it says it is enabled but this still works for me.

[bjoernager]

It seems it enabled Copilot Free when I clicked on the widget on the front page. My settings page looks like this:

[bjoernager]

I guess being sensational is rewarding them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[swaechter]

@TruncatedDinoSour I had the same issue: I never used Copilot and therefor saw the same page like you. Do one single Copilet search and afterwards you'll see the configuration options where you can disable everything :)

[peme969]

That does not work. Your post seems to be AI-generated which does not know the current GithubUI settings,etc…
Please triple double-check the AI-generated content before posting… 🙄

[martinwoodward]

Hey folks - I saw a few posts around this topic since we launched the free tier of Copilot so wanted to pull together some information on it. I completely understand the confusion a Copilot button appearing on your GitHub page might have caused and wanted to try and alleviate some of the concerns I've seen being raised.

Disabling Copilot in the Web

To hide GitHub Copilot UI on github.com, so that you don't see any Copilot chat prompts you disable GitHub Copilot in your settings https://github.com/settings/copilot. This will still work if you have never signed up for Copilot or even if a Copilot subscription was provided to you by your organization.

Disabling Copilot in the Editor

To switch off GitHub Copilot in VS Code, you can do that on a per file basis using the Copilot icon or you can turn it off globally there or even uninstall the extension if you wish. For more information please see the Enabling or Disabling GitHub Copilot in your Editor documentation.

Removing Copilot from the main homepage

When you go to the main github.com dashboard, you see a Copilot chat bar at the top. If you no longer want to see that select disable “Dashboard entry point” in your Copilot settings

Disabling GitHub Copilot Telemetry Collection

If you are using Copilot Free or Copilot Pro, prompts from your editor and Copilot’s suggestions are shared with GitHub to help improve suggestions and product features. For more information see our privacy statement. If you want to continue using Copilot but disable this telemetry collection, uncheck the box “Allow GitHub to use my code snippets from the code editor for product improvements” in your Copilot settings.

You will also see an option to allow GitHub, its affiliates and third parties to use your data, including Prompts, Suggestions, and Code Snippets, for AI model training. This is disabled for everyone at the moment as we do not currently perform AI model training on your Copilot usage. In the future we will allow developers to opt in to model training under certain circumstances but only if they want to do, this is disabled for everyone at the moment and cannot be enabled at this time.

Note that if you have your GitHub Copilot access provided to you via your company as a GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise subscription then you will not see those setting as no prompt telemetry is collected and the policies around your usage are controlled by the organization administrator.

Blocking GitHub Copilot in your network

Enterprise network administrators have the ability to block GitHub Copilot traffic at the network level. The endpoints used by Copilot are different depending on the subscription level. Therefore it is possible to allow access for users with Business or Enterprise level (paid for by your organization), while blocking access for people using Pro or Free. For more information see Managing GitHub Copilot access to your organization's network

Hope that helps, and please keep the feedback coming.

Update: Dec 21,2024: Added details on the new (opt-in) model training setting for Copilot Pro and Free.
Update: Jan 18, 2025: Added details on the setting to disable Copilot UI in the web.

[VijoPlays]

Did you guys really just use an AI generated response to respond to user feedback about not wanting AI garbage shoved down your users throats?

[ProjectPhysX]

Any update on the off switch for Copilot @martinwoodward? Or just continue Microsoft's rapist mentality of not accepting a no?

[kevlar700]

If it is all that clear and easy, then I don't understand why Martin is incapable of explaining the difference between "hide" and "disable" 🤷🏻‍♂️

Agreed especially as hide is such a non standard term to use in an interface compared to disable?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/georgzoeller_how-stupidly-easy-is-it-to-put-a-persistent-activity-7348770387016507394-qP-i?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAADGgF38BQUYlr8q_AhdgN89TiFy8ksW5BBE&utm_campaign=copy_link

[MindAdventureTeam]

continue using Copilot but disable this telemetry collection

it sure seems better to have first interaction with CoPilot gather INFORMED CONSENT about telemetry collection. Default off. Make opt-in

[regalialong]

For those without a userstyles plugin but with uBO, removing the homepage UI elements (the chat thing and the button in the hotbar) is pretty easy right now:

! 18.12.2024 https://github.com
github.com##copilot-dashboard-entrypoint
github.com##.AppHeader-CopilotChat

Put this under "my Filters" in your Settings.

---

If anybody at Github actually cares, the value proposition is zero to net negative to me, even when for free. I've had very bad coding experiences with LLMs, they end up writing code that's either completely dysfunctional or so similar to the existing code written that I could have just copy pasted.

It fails at repetitive tasks that sounds simple for machines, like alphabetically sorting an enum (it removed some items from the enum).

With a human, I can reason about it in review at least.

This isn't really a defect of the LLM per-se, it's synthesizing text in the end.

[1fexd]

! Jan 13, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##.AppHeader-CopilotChat
github.com##li:has(> ul > li#query-builder-test-result-ask-copilot)
github.com##li.ActionList-sectionDivider[aria-hidden="true"]

! Oct 12, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##button[data-testid="copilot-ask-menu"]

github.com##div[data-test-id="copilot-actions-chat-button"]

github.com##div.dropdown-divider:has(+span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"])
github.com##span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"]

github.com##react-partial[partial-name="copilot-code-chat"]
github.com##div:has(> a[type="button"][href^="https://copilot-workspace.githubnext.com"])

! Mar 11, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##button[id^="copilot-md-menu-anchor"]
github.com##div:has(> button[id^="copilot-md-menu-anchor"]) + hr

! by RaptaG
github.com##.copilotPreview__container

! Apr 4, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##li:has(> ul > li#query-builder-test-result-chat-with-copilot)
! Apr 11, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##span:has(> p > span[data-assignee-name="Copilot"])
! Apr 13, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##div:has(> div > div > *[data-testid="open-in-copilot-agent-button"])
! Apr 26, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##command-palette-item[data-item-id="2918418660"]
! Aug 2, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##li > a[href="/settings/copilot"]
! Oct 1, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##div:has(> div > button > span > span[data-component="text"]:has-text("Assign to Copilot"))
github.com##li:has(> div > span > span:has-text("Copilot"))
github.com##li:has(> div > span > span:has-text("Copilot")) ~ li[data-component="ActionList.Divider"]
github.com##li.ActionListItem:has(> a[href="/copilot"] > span.ActionListItem-label:has-text(Copilot))

Added some more
Edit/Update: 2025-03-11 aded more rules
Edit/Update: 2025-04-04 added new rule for command palette
Edit/Update: 2025-04-11 added new rule to hide suggestion to request review for PR from Copilot
Edit/Update: 2025-04-13 added new rule to hide "Code with Copilot Agent Mode" from open PRs
Edit/Update: 2025-04-26 added new rule to hide "Copilot" from command palette
Edit/Update: 2025-06-07 changed open-in-copilot-agent-button rule to target any element type instead of just anchors
Edit/Update: 2025-04-26 added new rule to hide "Copilot" from command palette
Edit/Update: 2025-08-02 added new rule to hide settings route
Edit/Update: 2025-10-01 added new rule to hide "Assign to Copilot" button on open issue
Edit/Update: 2025-10-01 added new rule to hide "Copilot" menu inside diff line context menu
Edit/Update: 2025-10-01 added new rule to hide "Copilot" in sidenav
Edit/Update: 2025-10-12 fixed rule which hid all edit actions on a file

[Kreuger]

Thank you both!

[RaptaG]

! Jan 1, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##.AppHeader-CopilotChat
github.com##li:has(> ul > li#query-builder-test-result-ask-copilot)
github.com##li.ActionList-sectionDivider[aria-hidden="true"]

github.com##div:has(> button[data-testid="copilot-ask-menu"])

github.com##div[data-test-id="copilot-actions-chat-button"]

github.com##div.dropdown-divider:has(+span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"])
github.com##span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"]

github.com##react-partial[partial-name="copilot-code-chat"]
github.com##.copilotPreview__container

Removed the Copilot suggestions above "Home" with github.com##.copilotPreview__container

[Andre601]

If anybody at Github actually cares, the value proposition is zero to net negative to me, even when for free. I've had very bad coding experiences with LLMs, they end up writing code that's either completely dysfunctional or so similar to the existing code written that I could have just copy pasted.

It fails at repetitive tasks that sounds simple for machines, like alphabetically sorting an enum (it removed some items from the enum).

With a human, I can reason about it in review at least.

This isn't really a defect of the LLM per-se, it's synthesizing text in the end.

Also, unless this has been changed (which I doubt) does Copilot regularely violate copyleft licenses, by taking the code from a repository and posting it without credit, which often times is required by the project's license, even when modified...

[charlienegri]

! Jan 13, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##.AppHeader-CopilotChat
github.com##li:has(> ul > li#query-builder-test-result-ask-copilot)
github.com##li.ActionList-sectionDivider[aria-hidden="true"]

github.com##div:has(> button[data-testid="copilot-ask-menu"])

github.com##div[data-test-id="copilot-actions-chat-button"]

github.com##div.dropdown-divider:has(+span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"])
github.com##span[data-target="copilot-diff-entry.menuItemsSlot"]

github.com##react-partial[partial-name="copilot-code-chat"]
github.com##div:has(> a[type="button"][href^="https://copilot-workspace.githubnext.com"])

! Mar 11, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##button[id^="copilot-md-menu-anchor"]
github.com##div:has(> button[id^="copilot-md-menu-anchor"]) + hr

! by RaptaG
github.com##.copilotPreview__container

! Apr 4, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##li:has(> ul > li#query-builder-test-result-chat-with-copilot)
! Apr 11, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##span:has(> p > span[data-assignee-name="Copilot"])
! Apr 13, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##div:has(> div > div > a[data-testid="open-in-copilot-agent-button"])
! Apr 26, 2025 https://github.com
github.com##command-palette-item[data-item-id="2918418660"]

Added some more Edit/Update: 2025-03-11 aded more rules Edit/Update: 2025-04-04 added new rule for command palette Edit/Update: 2025-04-11 added new rule to hide suggestion to request review for PR from Copilot Edit/Update: 2025-04-13 added new rule to hide "Code with Copilot Agent Mode" from open PRs Edit/Update: 2025-04-26 added new rule to hide "Copilot" from command palette

thanks a lot for these filters!
here a newly added sneaky menu that also needs a new filter I guess

I went with

github.com##li.prc-ActionList-Divider-rsZFG
github.com##li:has-text(/Ask about this diff/)

[andy3520]

Short answer for who trying to remove the "free" bait from github copilot, currently there's no option to disabled it, they locked you up. In both WebUI and VScode. After I uninstalled the extension and restart the VSCode multiple times, its still showing up.

[Houseton]

Is there no way to disable Copilot in Github.com? Why it is just on and can organizations set a policy so anyone within their org cannot use it either?

[minding-myown-business]

idk if you already did this but for me in VS Code it was
uninstall copilot & copilot chat first and then
Command Palette:

Copilot: Hide AI Features

or something like that idk it should come up if you put Hide AI

dont know if theres an option to remove from github webui entirely. ive mostly moved to codeberg myself so i dont have to put up with microsofts $hit anymore

[softbeehive]

To me it looks like a dark pattern of luring users with the free bait and locking them with extra and no opt-out. I expect on/off switch for upsell products like copilot. Did microsoft manager came up with the idea of forever switch? You can refer to this comment: this is wrong because github infuriates customers by taking away control.

[1fexd]

I was given Copilot Pro access and after giving it a try via one of the many buttons scattered across all of Github, it proceeded to halucinate errors in my build pipeline which did not exist;

How do I remove Copilot Pro from my account and disable/hide all functionality across Github?

[rudiedirkx]

Right! How is copilot even worse than chatgpt!?

[jamescgibson]

@1fexd the only way I have found to remove copilot from your account is to open a ticket.

[paulshryock]

Do not want this nonsense.

[paweston70]

AI should remain separated from your IDE/repos - separation of BIG concerns.

[paweston70]

It's now part of both VS Code and VS 2022, forced via Git/Ms. (Apologies - I'm not having a go at you; I just don't like the forced nature of this crap).

[Kreuger]

Out of curiousity have you tried VS Codium? I wonder if it is implemented there.

[paweston70]

Out of curiousity have you tried VS Codium? I wonder if it is implemented there.

I did think about changing to this, but haven't tried it as yet.

[paweston70]

Okay - I've uninstalled VS Code and moved to Codium. It seems to be less bloaty altogether, than Code.

Thanks for the tip @Kreuger .

[Anutrix]

'Copilot in github.com' still says Enabled with no option to change. Is this intentional?
Do we need to stop using Github to not use copilot?

[ar1ja]

But these only hide the stuff visually if I'm not mistaken, don't they?

Yes. That's the best we have at the moment.

[paweston70]

But these only hide the stuff visually if I'm not mistaken, don't they?

Yes, but the actual AI request only takes place via an API call, so the core of the AI program is not a piece of code attached to the current page (unless I'm mistaken).

To be honest, I don't even know why it is there (in this web interface), surely the best it can do for you is a search... Seems like it's a new toy that all website developers want to play with, or are maybe being forced to adopt (Microsoft). It's like sticking a yo-yo on a robot arm; yes it can probably do it, but ... why?!

[petoknm]

I can no longer even uncheck/disable options in those settings...

This must be a joke

Kooha-2025-01-04-15-29-37.mp4

[Anutrix]

There's a select an option which might be reason for this bug. Try changing that to disable it maybe.

Maybe the code of this whole page is written via Co-Pilot.
I hope the irony in this isn't lost on the Github team who worked on this.

[1fexd]

Did you use copilot to write this? This adds zero value while being overly verbose, literally all of it has already been said (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/147437#discussioncomment-11634607)

[jesus2099]

Here is a userstyle solution for Stylus, while waiting for the genuine OFF option:

https://github.com/xt0rted/github-nopilot

[alvvaro]

Hi @martinwoodward, there seems to be a sync problem between the GitHub website and the app. The value of the setting to hide Copilot was not reflected on the app, for me at least. Had to manually switch it again.

Also you guys might also review the copy and the semantics here, cause they are a bit messy: the same option makes Copilot visible, shown, enabled, and available; one is "Show Copilot", the other is "Hide Copilot"; the toggle being off meaning Copilot is on, …

[DanielEScherzer]

@TruncatedDinoSour since this pops up when you do a search for disabling copilot, including under "These resources might be helpful" when filing a support ticket, can I suggest changing the accepted answer from the current (which is about how to hide certain elements) to something like this or this (and subsequent replies)? I saw that you commented not to "spam github support with tickets", and "spam[ming]" tickets would be wrong, but the actual answer to "How do I disable copilot" is "File a github support request and have the support team disable it for you".

[revolunet]

CoPilot broke my GitHub UX; it freeze my browser for no reason when i open a GitHub tab.

In my settings i just have Copilot "enabled" without a way to turn it off.

What about let users choose when they need copilot or not ?

[dd84ai]

Note

Found easy to way to disable "Copilot". (I don't have it in extensions, yet it is present anyway)
Ctrl Shit P -> Search for "Copilot", there will be option to "hide" it.

[kevlar700]

Note

Found easy to way to disable "Copilot". (I don't have it in extensions, yet it is present anyway) Ctrl Shit P -> Search for "Copilot", there will be option to "hide" it.

Why is it called hide and not disable. Why would his legitimate concern be called SPAM!

[msparkles]

How do I disable this UI bloat?

[injust]

This works in uBlock Origin for me:

! Code with Copilot Agent Mode
github.com##div[class*="CopilotWorkspaceButton-module__buttonGroup--"]:upward(1)

[ghostinhershell]

Thank you for the detailed report regarding "Code with Copilot Agent Mode" appearing in the UI even though it's disabled and hidden in the settings. We’ve reviewed your notes and passed this along to the relevant engineering team, where it’s now tracked internally for investigation.

We appreciate your thoroughness and the time you’ve taken to help surface this. Improving reliability and user experience is a priority, and reports like yours are incredibly helpful.

Thanks again for your contribution to the platform.

[3nprob]

Thank you for the detailed report regarding "Code with Copilot Agent Mode" appearing in the UI even though it's disabled and hidden in the settings. We’ve reviewed your notes and passed this along to the relevant engineering team, where it’s now tracked internally for investigation.

We appreciate your thoroughness and the time you’ve taken to help surface this. Improving reliability and user experience is a priority, and reports like yours are incredibly helpful.

@ghostinhershell 3 months later: Any updates?

[wowitsjack]

You're seriously trying to force this on us @martinwoodward?

Bro.

We do not want this, or the UI bloat of forcing it into our tooling.

[imaksp]

Microsoft likes to do such things, they already did this with Bing, Edge.

[boolforge]

Just stop using GitHub. Since Microsoft bought it, it went downhill...

[charlienegri]

if I could I would have done this ages ago, the problem is that Microsoft is ransomware for the public sector

[davidtf7]

A copilot button is obscuring the code I'm trying to read. There is not way to move or hide it. I don't need a large language model to read words for me; I just need it to get out of the way.

[ar1ja]

Reopening this because clearly people aren't happy anymore with the given hidden solutions, seems outdated ?

For example: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/147437#discussioncomment-13437129

Please keep it civil :) Let's have a conversation.

[DanielEScherzer]

Repeating my suggestion from https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/147437#discussioncomment-12242779 given that again the response is about how to hide, not disable, copilot

since this pops up when you do a search for disabling copilot, including under "These resources might be helpful" when filing a support ticket, can I suggest changing the accepted answer from the current (which is about how to hide certain elements) to something like this or this (and subsequent replies)? I saw that you commented not to "spam github support with tickets", and "spam[ming]" tickets would be wrong, but the actual answer to "How do I disable copilot" is "File a github support request and have the support team disable it for you".

[3nprob]

the actual answer to "How do I disable copilot" is "File a github support request and have the support team disable it for you".

FWIW, my own support ticket on the matter was opened > 1 month ago. It was closed by GH last week with the following:

We're currently experiencing a very high volume of inquiries, and to help us get to everyone more effectively and prioritize active issues, we're sending this message to check if your concern is still ongoing before we dive into a detailed account review.

We understand your original inquiry may have been about Copilot. If you're still experiencing an issue or need assistance with something else, please reply to this message, and we'll be happy to pick it up and help you resolve it.

If your issue has been resolved, no further action is needed on your part. Thanks so much for your patience and understanding! We're working hard to get to everyone.

Reopened last week and haven't heard back since.

[Nandobez]

If you wish to deactivate or entirely eliminate GitHub Copilot, perhaps because it was enabled without your explicit request, the following steps will guide you through its removal from your account and Visual Studio Code:

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Eliminating Copilot from VS Code

If Copilot is currently active within your Visual Studio Code environment:

1. Launch Visual Studio Code.
2. Navigate to the Extensions panel (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows/Linux, or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac).
3. In the search bar, type "GitHub Copilot."
4. Select the "GitHub Copilot" extension, then click on the cogwheel icon next to it and choose "Uninstall."
5. If you also have "GitHub Copilot Chat" installed, ensure you uninstall that as well.

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Disabling Copilot Within Your GitHub Account Settings

Even if you don't have an active subscription, Copilot might still be configured as "enabled" in your settings:

1. Access the Copilot settings page: https://github.com/settings/copilot
2. Locate the "Copilot for Individuals" section and confirm that its status is set to "Disabled."
3. Additionally, review your Editor settings on this page and disable any associated editor integrations.

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Withdrawing Permissions (Optional)

For an added layer of assurance:

• Proceed to your authorized applications page: https://github.com/settings/applications
• Under the "Authorized OAuth Apps" tab, locate the entry for "GitHub Copilot."
• Click on it, then select "Revoke access."

(In case you simply installed the extensions, unistalling it from the extensions tab, should be fine, same applies to any other AI tool on VSCode, as Windsurf or Qodo)

Same answer as another question published here before, hope it helps!

[jwatte]

This doesn't actually work. I can't turn off the copilot on my personal account in my github settings page!
I have also uninstalled the extension, but it still shows up in other parts of the UI, at least until I explicitly hide it.
These instructions may have been written for an older version of vscode, before Microsoft went all medieval on forcing copilot on everybody, no matter what?

[Nandobez]

This doesn't actually work. I can't turn off the copilot on my personal account in my github settings page!
I have also uninstalled the extension, but it still shows up in other parts of the UI, at least until I explicitly hide it.
These instructions may have been written for an older version of vscode, before Microsoft went all medieval on forcing copilot on everybody, no matter what?

I think you're right, i forgot the version i'm using of VSCode is a portable one, so it's kinda old, my mistake, thanks for the reply!

[shff]

Yep, same. It seems to be impossible to turn off some unwanted Copilot features.

[RaphaelImbelloniV]

.

[Anutrix]

No I am not using it. And now there's locks symbol next to Enabled label with still no way to disable it.

[pedropaulosuzuki]

Same. I need to remove all of those 3 settings, which Github enabled without my consent and now does this predatory policy of not letting me disable them. Should I just disable my account instead? What kind of crap is that? We should sue Github for breach of Brazilian law.

[BluntSam]

This is still an issue. I can't disable all of this nonsense. They shouldn't lock certain options at all.

[BluntSam]

I've already done that, and it helped somewhat, but on the GitHub site is the real issue. Multiple aspects of their ai nonsense is not something I'm able to disable. It just shows me it, and refuses to let me turn it off, in the settings.

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[SRBlinds]

For Windows:
The easiest way is through Settings.

Go to Settings > Personalization.

Select Taskbar.

Turn the Copilot switch to Off.

For Microsoft 365 Apps (Word, Excel, etc.):
In the app, go to File > Options > Copilot.

Uncheck the box that says "Enable Copilot."

Restart the app.

[CyberAttackr]

even if you hide the visual panel, its probably stealing all your code in the background. i dont trust it. going with vs codium from now on