How To Disable AI Features in Paint on Windows 11

The Paint app in Windows 11 has several AI features (Copilot), such as Image Creator, Generative Erase, and Remove Background, which make editing your images and creating new images easier. While these AI features are helpful, there may be times when you want to disable them. For example, you might be using Paint in a corporate or school environment, find that the new options interfere with your workflow, or simply don’t want to use AI features for privacy reasons. Whatever your specific reason is, if you don’t want them, you can easily disable AI features in Paint using the Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor. Let me show you how.

Good to know: How to create AI images using Paint

Before You Start

• The steps below only disable cloud-based AI features such as Image Creator. As of now, you cannot disable locally run AI features, such as Generative Erase and Remove Background.
• Administrator rights are required to turn off AI-powered features in Paint.
• Group Policy Editor is only available to users of the Pro and Enterprise editions. If you are using Windows 11 Home, follow the Registry Editor method instead.

Disable AI Features in Paint Using Group Policy Editor

1. Open the Run dialog by pressing “Windows key + R“.
2. Enter “gpedit.msc” and click “OK“.
3. Go to the “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates” folder.
4. Go to the “Windows Components” > “Paint” folder under it.
5. Double-click the “Disable Cocreator” policy.
6. Select “Enabled” and click “OK“.
7. Double-click the “Disable generative fill” policy.
8. Select “Enabled” and click “OK“.
9. Double-click the “Disable Image Creator” policy.
10. Select “Enabled” and click “OK“.
11. Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer.
12. With that, you’ve disabled the AI features in Paint on Windows 11.

Note: To enable these features again, follow the same steps but select “Not configured” in the policy properties window. Don’t forget to restart your computer after making these changes.

Disable AI Feature in Paint Using Registry Editor

1. Open the Start menu by pressing the “Windows key”.
2. Search and open “Registry Editor“.
3. Go to the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies” folder.
4. Right-click the “Policies” folder on the left sidebar.
5. Select “New” > “Key“.
6. Set “Paint” as the new folder’s name.
7. Right-click the “Paint” folder.
8. Select “New” > “DWORD (32-bit) Value“.
9. Name the value “DisableCocreator“.
10. Double-click the newly created value.
11. Replace the “0” with “1” in the Value Data field.
12. Click “OK“.
13. Right-click the “Paint” folder again.
14. Select “New” > “DWORD (32-bit) Value“.
15. Name the value “DisableGenerativeFill“.
16. Double-click the newly created value.
17. Replace the “0” with “1” in the Value Data field.
18. Click “OK“.
19. Right-click the “Paint” folder again.
20. Select “New” > “DWORD (32-bit) Value“.
21. Name the value “DisableImageCreator“.
22. Double-click the newly created value.
23. Replace the “0” with “1” in the Value Data field.
24. Click “OK“.
25. Close the Registry Editor.
26. Restart your computer.
27. With that, you’ve disabled the AI features in Paint.

Note: To re-enable the disabled AI feature in Paint, change the value data of “DisableCocreator”, “DisableGenerativeFill”, and “DisableImageCreator” values to “0”.

That is all. It is that simple to turn off the generative AI features in Paint. As I said earlier, the steps above (in both methods) won’t disable the locally run AI features, such as Generative Erase and Remove Background.

If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.