Microsoft will let users disable the floating Copilot button in the Office app
Microsoft is allowing users to disable the floating Copilot button in its Office apps. This change will take effect with an update in late May 2026, enabling users to move the button back to the ribbon. The floating button was introduced to increase the adoption of Copilot, which has seen low usage among Microsoft 365 users.
- ▪The floating Copilot button has been present in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint since December 2025.
- ▪Users will have the option to move the button back to the ribbon starting in late May 2026.
- ▪Only about 3.3% of Microsoft 365 users currently pay for the Copilot feature.
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If you use Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, you have probably noticed a floating Copilot button hovering over your documents. It has been there since December 2025, sitting at the bottom-right corner of your screen, and Microsoft is finally letting you move it. Starting the last week of May 2026, an update will give users the option to send it back to the ribbon where it belongs. Why did Microsoft add the floating Copilot button in the first place? The short answer is numbers. Only around 3.3% of Microsoft 365 users actually pay for Copilot, and adoption has stayed well below what Microsoft expected. To push more people toward the feature, Microsoft rolled out what it calls the Copilot Dynamic Action Button, or DAB, and quietly expanded it to everyone by May 2026.
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