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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
    2025-07-03T13:03:30+00:00

    On my HP, it fell back to opening "Personalization > Text Input and the freaking drop down ONLY allows it to be mapped to "Search" which I don't want since I can just press the Windows key for the SAME thing, or to map it to open an application, which I don't want again since I can press the Windows key and type in 2-3 letters of the app I want to open if it isn't pinned to my task bar (which 95% of my used apps are pinned). So, still useless and so much time lost from trying to re-program my brain from years of using the right control key!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-20T01:04:41+00:00

    Very nice solution Lyle thank you! I hope it sticks. I have a feeling this will have to be repeated after updates, we will see.
    Side question: is anyone else not buying the new Surface because of this key? Because that's why I'm not buying it. This will go down in history like the unwanted office key, and the unwanted emoji key that Microsoft embarrissingly pushed on people.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T00:52:14+00:00

    I have tried your suggestion to remap the co-pilot key on my Dell Insprion laptop. I do not see a lisitng for co-pilot. I see numbers zero through nine; letters A through Z; special keys * through ; function keys Alt through execute; F1 through F9; Help; Home; IME Convert throughIME Non-convert; Insert; Left; Next track; Numpad 0 throguh Numpad9; etc. There is no listing for co-pilot.

    The co-pilot key is where the scond CTRL key should be and for those of us who use keyboard commands, such as CTRL ENTER, it was much easier to use just the right hand to press both keys.

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