Despite mixed reviews, Microsoft has not changed its stance of positioning Windows as an “agentic operating system,” hinting that future versions will include more AI components in the OS. While Microsoft may allow users to turn off AI features in specific areas, such as AI actions in File Explorer, unless their policy changes, overall AI features will only increase.
Don’t like the AI in Windows 11? A talented netizen shares a script to disable it.
Regardless of what measures Microsoft takes, talented developers everywhere have already started taking action, attempting to leverage Windows’ openness to create scripts that remove all AI components from Windows. Although multiple scripts have claimed to be able to remove AI from Windows 11, a new script has emerged that claims to be the most effective one for removing AI components from Windows.
A netizen named zoicware on GitHub has developed a tool called「RemoveWindowsAIThe script aims to remove all AI features in Windows 11, while improving user experience, privacy, and security. The developer stated that what makes their script stand out is its ability to remove hidden AI components.
However, the developers later made somewhat contradictory statements, admitting that certain AI features, including some on Copilot+ PCs, cannot be turned off via script. They claim to have developed workarounds in the script to remove these issues, but haven’t tested them on Copilot+ PCs yet. As for the ones you can easily remove, they shared a list of all AI features in Windows that can be removed or disabled, as follows:
- Disable registry key
- Close Copiloe
- Disable Recall
- Turn off input insights and typing data collection features
- Copilot in Edge
- Image Creator in Paint
- Remove AI Fabric Service
- Turn off AI Actions
- Turn off AI in Paint
- Disable Voice Access
- Turn off AI voice effects
- Disable AI in Settings search
- Prevent reinstalling the AI suite.
- Disable Copilot Policy
- Remove AI Appx package
- Remove the optional Recall feature.
- Remove the AI suite in CBS
- Hide AI Components
- Delete the AI file.
- Turn off the AI rewrite feature in Notepad
- Remove Recall task
The developer also published a video demonstrating how to remove these AI features with a script, claiming that Windows Update won’t trigger or re-introduce them, because the script makes Windows think a newer version of the program already exists. So, if you’ve been looking for a way to get rid of the AI features in Windows, you canDownload from GitHuband follow the steps in the video below.
Source: KOCPC Chinese