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Remap or disable 'Copilot' chatbot key on new Windows keyboards

Anonymous
2024-06-13T18:03:19+00:00

Recently Microsoft has partnered with manufacturers to add new chatbot keys in place of the old commonly used menu/ right control key.

I've been getting more and more calls from customers of new laptops complaining about this chatbot key and wanting it turned off. This has lead to one ripping the key off, three returning their laptops, and two downloading possibly dangerous third party programs to remap this key.

It appears there is no settings in Windows to make this key usable for anything the customer actually wants it for. It's just begging to be accidentally tapped so the user can get advertisements delivered to them via a chatbot.

So how can we disable/remap this unwelcome key on Windows keyboards?

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    Anonymous
    2024-06-17T12:58:05+00:00

    Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    Thanks for your feedbackI think you're having trouble with the Copilot key on your keyboard.

    You can use the keyboard-manager feature in Microsoft PowerToys tool to remap or disable the Copilot chatbot key on your Windows keyboard. Here are the steps:

    1. Download and install the Microsoft PowerToys tool from the official Microsoft website.
    2. Open the PowerToys tool and select the "Keyboard Manager" tab.
    3. Click on the "Remap a key" button.
    4. Choose the Copilot chatbot key from the "Physical Key" dropdown menu.
    5. Select the key or function you want to remap the Copilot chatbot key to from the "Mapped To" dropdown menu.
    6. Click "OK" to save the changes.

    If you want to completely disable the Copilot chatbot key, you can remap it to the "Disabled" option.

    You can download the tool from the following link: https://dori-uw-1.kuma-moon.com/windows/powertoys/

    If you are indeed using a Surface product, you can purchase the Surface Pro Signature Keyboard separately to replace the Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.

    If my understanding is wrong, please point it out, so that I can assist you better.

    Lugoo Bei | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-06T15:56:44+00:00

    That doesn't work to remap it to JUST the CTRL key. I don't want a shortcut; I want the old CTRL key restored!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-18T23:44:37+00:00

    Running PowerToys, Keyboard Manager (which was not enabled by default), Remap a Shortcut... Click on the pencil next to shortcut and then hit the "copilot" key. The shortcut keys show up right in the window (don't hit anything else before or after because it records everything you input) and you can hit "OK" to move on to the action you want that set of keystrokes to use. Ctrl (right) was near the top of the drop down list to map to.

    I'm on a Lenova Yoga 7i and it remapped to Ctrl (right) perfectly, at least for now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-20T17:36:06+00:00

    Found another way to accomplish the remapping of the Copilot key on a Precision laptop. Within PowerToys Keyboard Manager, used the "Remap a Shortcut" option and selected Shift + Windows Key + F23 in order to remap to Del.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T16:22:34+00:00

    I have a Lenovo Yoga 7 2 in 1 and would like to remap the Copilot key to the Menu key (Right Click menu).

    The utility may have changed since your excellent post.

    I installed Microsoft PowerToys from the Microsoft Store and found Keyboard Manager under Input / Output of the main menu.

    I clicked on Remap a Key which brought up a Remap Keys window.

    I clicked on the [Select] button which prompted me to select a key. I hit the Copilot key and was told that the key was F23. That's all great, but then I need to select a replacement for which there are two buttons.

    The first button has two options. The first option is Send Key/Shortcut which allows me to select from a LONG list of options, but none appear to be the key I'm looking for. I've set it to Undefined so Copilot won't launch every time I accidentally hit it.

    Would you be able to tell me what I could select to get it to behave like the Menu (Right Click) key on a regular Windows keyboard?

    Thanks for the post. At least I was able to disable the key!

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