Excel Kill The Annoying Copilot Floating Icon – Episode 2667

Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Microsoft has a new Copilot icon that follows the active cell around Excel. It is super annoying. Here is how to get rid of it!

In yesterday’s video, DR Steele asked a great question: How do we remove this annoying Copilot icon that won’t go away? Microsoft doesn’t give us a global setting to turn it off, and every time you open a new workbook, it comes right back. Frustrating, right? Well, I’ve got a workaround!

Thanks to John Acampora, we found a way to manually hide the icon using a keyboard shortcut. But that’s not a permanent fix. So, I turned to my friend Suat, and together, we came up with a VBA solution that will hide the Copilot icon automatically whenever you open Excel. No more distractions—just a clean workspace!

In this video, I walk you through the VBA code you need to add to your Personal Macro Workbook (Personal.xlsb) to remove the Copilot icon every time Excel starts. If you don’t have a Personal.xlsb set up yet, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxSNDuwDIq0

Just copy and paste the code, and you’re good to go!

Hopefully, Microsoft will give us a proper toggle for this soon, but until then, this VBA trick will do the job. Let me know in the comments if you try it out, and don’t forget to subscribe for more Excel tips and tricks!

🚀 Copy and Paste this VBA Code:
Private WithEvents app As Application

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Set app = Application
End Sub

Private Sub app_NewWorkbook(ByVal Wb As Workbook)
Application.CommandBars(“Copilot Menu”).Controls(“&Hide until I Reopen this Document”).Execute
End Sub

Private Sub app_WorkbookOpen(ByVal Wb As Workbook)
If Not ActiveWindow Is Nothing Then
Application.CommandBars(“Copilot Menu”).Controls(“&Hide until I Reopen this Document”).Execute
End If
End Sub

For other languages, use this in the Immediate pane:
? Application.CommandBars(“Copilot Menu”).Controls(14).Caption

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Table of Contents
(0:00) Why is the Copilot icon following my cursor
(0:38) Jon Acompora shortcut key Alt+Pgm H
(1:06) Not a permanent solution
(1:29) How many controls in the menu?
(1:44) What is the caption of the Hide control?
(2:04) Executing the Hide control
(2:18) Find your Personal Macro Workbook
(2:36) Paste code into a class module
(3:13) How to turn the Copilot chicklet back on
(3:44) Success! The icon is gone!
(4:14) Future video will look at the Copilot chicklet
(4:29) Wrap-up
(4:40) Thanks for watching
(4:50) Closing Theme

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