• by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, March 17, 2025

Copilot has become one of Microsoft's AI-powered tools that attract users to its operating system, but the company said the March 2025 Windows updates automatically and mistakenly remove the digital assistant from some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems.

The warning was added to updated support documents days after the company released this month's Patch Tuesday security updates. 

"We're aware of an issue with the Microsoft Copilot app affecting some devices. The app is unintentionally uninstalled and unpinned from the taskbar," the company wrote in a post. "This issue has not been observed with the Microsoft 365 Copilot app."

Microsoft is working on a resolution, the company wrote on its Windows support dashboard.

In the meantime, the company said, affected users can reinstall the app from the Microsoft Store and manually pin it to the taskbar.

The issue specifically targets the Microsoft Copilot app, not the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.

Microsoft's update that accidentally removed Copilot also adds or improves several features such as the ability to have multiple applications access a camera simultaneously. 

The Windows 11 update also adds a way to invite friends and family members to try PC Game Pass for free, although reports suggest the feature will only appear for certain users.