microsoft has released a new policy setting that allows IT administrators to remove Microsoft Copilot application from managed enterprise devices. The “Delete Microsoft Copilot app” policy can be accessed as a CSP policy and group policy once the April 2026 Windows security updates have been deployed to managed endpoints through Microsoft Intune or System Center Configuration Manager.
This policy applies only to Windows 11 devices running the 25H2 update and is limited to Enterprise, Professional, and Education editions.
When “Microsoft Copilot application removal policy” uninstalls Copilot
The Remove Microsoft Copilot app policy will uninstall Copilot only if specific conditions are met on a device: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot must be installed, the user must not have manually installed the Microsoft Copilot app, and the app must not have been launched in the last 28 days.
Microsoft claims that the removal process is not disruptive and that users can reinstall the app if they wish after the policy has removed it.
How to enable it
Administrators can enable the policy through the Group Policy Editor by navigating to User Settings, then Administrative Templates, then Windows AI, and selecting Remove Microsoft Copilot Application. The same policy can also be configured through Microsoft Intune and SCCM after installing security updates released in April 2026.
How this policy fits into the Copilot rollback in Windows 11
The availability of the policy reflects recent changes to the way Microsoft manages Copilot on Windows. Last month, Microsoft stopped automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 desktop apps, with no explanation given for the pause.
The company is also said to have canceled plans to integrate Copilot into Windows 11’s system notifications, Settings app, and File Explorer, features that were announced almost two years ago. The Remove Microsoft Copilot app policy first appeared in January for Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels and became generally available with the April 2026 Patch Tuesday updates.
