Microsoft’s New Group Policy to Remove Windows 11 Copilot from Managed Devices

Microsoft’s New Group Policy to Remove Windows 11 Copilot from Managed Devices

Microsoft has quietly given IT teams a precise tool to remove the consumer-facing Copilot app from managed Windows 11 machines. Rolled into the April 2026 Patch Tuesday updates and bundled with Windows 11 version 25H2 (KB5083769 and later), the RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp policy lets administrators trigger a one-time uninstall of the Copilot app on devices that meet a small set of conditions.

OS Dependent Logoff/Logon Script run via GPO

OS Dependent Logoff/Logon Script run via GPO

Use following VBS script Startup or Shutdown script. vb Option Explicit Dim objItem, colItems, objWMIService, strComputer, objShell strComputer = “.” Set objShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\” & strComputer & “rootcimv2”) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(“Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem”,,48) For Each objItem in colItems If InStr(objItem.Caption,”2000″) Then ‘Add your line here for 2000 objShell.Run “regedit”, 1, True End If If