Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful
Computing Software Windows Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful News By Darren Allan Published 24 July 2026 Nothing doing When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. So, they can go ahead and elect for the key to do nothing if it's accidentally hit, while they figure out what they might want to redefine in its place.
- ▪Computing Software Windows Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11?
- ▪It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful News By Darren Allan Published 24 July 2026 Nothing doing When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate comm
- ▪So, they can go ahead and elect for the key to do nothing if it's accidentally hit, while they figure out what they might want to redefine in its place.
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Computing Software Windows Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful News By Darren Allan Published 24 July 2026 Nothing doing When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A new option for the Copilot key has been spotted in testingWindows 11 users are getting the ability to remap it to 'Do nothing'This comes on top of work already underway to redefine the key to Right Ctrl or the context menuMicrosoft's latest…
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