Windows Central reports:
As promised, Microsoft is now beginning its effort to reduce and remove Copilot branding across Windows 11, with the latest Notepad update for Insiders outright removing the Copilot icon and phrasing. Now, the AI menu is simply called “writing tools,” and maintains the same functionality as before.
Additionally, Microsoft has also removed references to AI in the Settings area in Notepad. Now, the ability to turn on or off these AI powered writing tools are now listed under “Advanced features.”
If you were hoping that Microsoft might actually dial back their efforts to force feed AI, you were clearly mistaken.
I use Notepad quite a lot, just without all the crap that Microsoft keeps piling on:
