Is Microsoft Copilot safe to use?
Microsoft's AI assistant. Built into Windows, Office 365, Edge, and Bing. Text generation, search, and document assistance.
Last reviewed: 21 July 2026
The short answer
Mostly, with care.
- We rate Microsoft Copilot Use With Caution (privacy risk: Medium).
- Trains on what you type: Yes, unless you switch it off — and you can. How to switch it off
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Does Microsoft Copilot train on what you type?
Yes, unless you switch it off — and you can.
Can you turn Microsoft Copilot's training off?
For Microsoft 365 Copilot/organizational accounts, prompts and Graph data are not used to train foundation models by default. For consumer Copilot, use Copilot privacy settings and the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard to manage model-training/data controls where available; delete or export data separately from the dashboard.
Is what you put into Microsoft Copilot private?
Microsoft Copilot data handling depends on where you use it. Microsoft 365 Copilot and organizational Copilot Chat process prompts, responses, and Microsoft Graph data under Microsoft 365 commitments and do not use that data to train foundation models. Consumer Copilot collects prompts, responses, and usage data under Microsoft’s Privacy Statement and has separate privacy controls/settings for eligible users.
So, is Microsoft Copilot safe to use?
Mostly, with care. We currently rate Microsoft Copilot "Use With Caution" (privacy risk: Medium). Worth reading the points above before you share anything personal.
Our take
“If your company pays for the enterprise version, the protections are solid. The free version is a different conversation entirely.”
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