Apps Open and Close Sidebar in Copilot app in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to open and close the sidebar in the Copilot on Edge, Web, and Windows 11.

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Copilot is now a native XAML app with a new UI that includes a new side panel (sidebar) where you can easily start a new conversation and see your conversation history.








1 Open the copilot.microsoft.com site or Copilot app.

2 While in full view (app), perform an action below you want. (see screenshots below)

• Click/tap on the Open sidebar button.
• Click/tap on an empty area of the closed sidebar to open it.
• Click/tap on the Close sidebar button.

This option is currently only available in Microsoft Edge Insiders Canary, Beta, and Dev channels.

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the Copilot icon on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)


3 In the Copilot pane, perform an action below you want: (see screenshots below)

• Click/tap on the More options (3 dots) button, and click/tap on My conversations to open the sidebar.
• Click/tap on the Close Sidebar arrow button.

That's it,
Shawn Brink