{"id":357419,"date":"2025-12-20T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/357419\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:36:14","slug":"lg-tvs-will-let-users-delete-unwanted-copilot-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/357419\/","title":{"rendered":"LG TVs will let users delete unwanted Copilot shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some owners of LG smart TVs were unpleasantly surprised to see unwanted <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/lg-forces-copilot-smart-tvs-cannot-delete\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shortcuts for Microsoft Copilot<\/a> suddenly pop up on their smart TVs this month. Even worse, these shortcuts were impossible to delete; best you could do is hide them, but the actual Microsoft Copilot app would remain installed on the TV.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/lg-will-let-you-delete-the-previously-unremovable-microsoft-copilot-shortcut-on-its-smart-tvs-215352944.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Engadget reports<\/a> that LG has relented in its pursuit of forcing Copilot down its users&#8217; throats. According to an LG representative, the company will &#8220;take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        SEE ALSO:<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/micro-rgb-tv-explained-samsung-lg\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            Samsung and LG preview new Micro RGB TVs. OK, but what are Micro RGB TVs?<\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The idea behind the Copilot shortcut was, reportedly, to launch it in the web browser on LG TVs, instead of as a native smart TV app. <\/p>\n<p>\n            Mashable Light Speed\n        <\/p>\n<p>However, placing a Microsoft Copilot shortcut on the smart TV&#8217;s shortcut bar is probably a bad idea. I&#8217;ve tried out my share of phones full of bloatware, and I was never too happy about having pre-installed app that I didn&#8217;t need, especially if I was unable to delete it. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when LG will allow users to remove Copilot from their TVs, but it&#8217;s likely coming via a future software update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some owners of LG smart TVs were unpleasantly surprised to see unwanted shortcuts for Microsoft Copilot suddenly pop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-357419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}