Personalization Add or Remove Copilot Button on Taskbar in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add (pin) or remove (unpin) the Copilot icon on the taskbar for your account in Windows 11.

The Microsoft Copilot app is your AI app for work. Copilot connects to the Microsoft 365 apps and content you use every day, creates polished documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, gets things done with Cowork, lets you choose between leading AI models, understands your job and company through Work IQ, and keeps your data protected.

When you sign in to Copilot, your experience adapts to your account: a licensed work-or-school experience with enterprise data protection, or a personal experience for individuals, with or without a Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscription.

The Copilot app is pinned to the taskbar by default.

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EXAMPLE: Copilot icon pinned to taskbar







1 Open the Copilot app.

2 Open Copilot Chat settings.

3 Click/tap on General on the left side. (see screenshot below step 4)

4 Click/tap on the Pin button for Pin to taskbar. (see screenshot below)


5 Click/tap on Yes in the Copilot notification to confirm. (see screenshot below)






1 Right click on the Copilot icon on the taskbar. (see screenshots below)

2 Click/tap on Pin to taskbar or Unpin from taskbar.

The Copilot app will need to be open to "Pin to taskbar" from the taskbar.

1 Open the Start Menu .

2 In the All apps section on the Start Menu, right click on Copilot, and click/tap on Pin to taskbar or Unpin from taskbar. (see screenshots below)







1 Open the Start Menu .

2 In the All apps section on the Start Menu, drag Copilot to the location you want its icon between the other apps on the taskbar, and drop it when you see the Link pop-up. (see screenshot below)




That's it,
Shawn Brink