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Microsoft removes Copilot buttons from its own utilities

development2026-04-12

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Microsoft is removing Copilot buttons from Snipping Tool, Photos and Notepad as penance for interface bloat, while South Korea's Epikar pitched AI kiosks to replace car salespeople.

Reporting date: 2026-04-12 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 12, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Microsoft removes Copilot buttons from its own utilities
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-04-12
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-12-microsoft-rips-copilot-buttons-out
Claim: Microsoft is removing Copilot buttons from Snipping Tool, Photos and Notepad as penance for interface bloat, while South Korea's Epikar pitched AI kiosks to replace car salespeople.
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- Welcome to April 12, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-12-2026
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