Windows 11 removes 8 OneDrive-related Copilot actions from File Explorer

No one can deny the boom in Artificial Intelligence, which is even slipping into our soup. A clear example is Microsoft with its Copilot, which reminds us of a case similar to Teams. We do not want to say that Copilot is bad, but so much integration is already annoying for users who do not need its actions so frequently. Microsoft seems to have taken action on the matter and has eliminated some actions of this AI assistant from Windows 11’s own file explorer.

Windows 11 removes some Copilot actions from the context menu

Specifically, Microsoft has eliminated the Copilot actions related to OneDrive. Right-clicking will now no longer display a large context menu when selecting OneDrive options. Options like summarize, or “Ask Copilot” that provided little value beyond Microsoft’s effort to have users use this assistant for everything.

But these actions have not been completely removedare still available as an option in a less intrusive way, for example, within the “Ask Copilot” section. A way to keep the actions if you want to use them, but not have to deal with them every time we right-click on the Microsoft cloud storage icon.

The change will reach all users in mid-November

At the moment the elimination of these actions is being implemented in a phased manner, and they will end up being applied to mid of next November. A necessary simplification to not introduce this type of options forcibly to all users, and that it is only available to those who want to access this type of functions with AI, directly from the “Ask Copilot” option.