Recommended way to remove/disable Copilot and Recall on Win11 LTSC 2024?

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Is there any recommended way to remove/disable both Copilot and Recall from Win11 LTSC 2024 without breaking the system?

I saw that Recall is featured under Integrate/Updates/Recall (Feature Pack) but is it safe (even sufficient) to remove it from this place
or is it better to leave it just there and use DISM to disable in a post-setup step?

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Disabling Recall from the Features on Demand screen will result in a W11 24H2 servicing error, which fails to register WindowsAppRuntime.CBS. You end up with a "W10" desktop experience.

Don't worry, run these commands as Admin on your live system:
Code: 
DISM /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:"Recall"
shutdown /r /t 10
Code: 
DISM /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:"Recall"
shutdown /r /t 10

If you want to safely disable Recall without breaking your desktop, then leave Recall unchanged in the Features screen, and add this Post-Setup (Before logon) command:
Code: 
DISM...
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And what about Copilot? How to get rid of this one properly now?

Thanks!
 
Copilot is provided as an Inbox (default) app in later LTSC monthly updates, so it's fine to remove. Recall Feature is the only one with a known servicing bug.
 
The W10 desktop experience by removing recall, keeps all of the experience quick launch etc? I would consider that a boon, or is it one with issues?
 
It's considered an unplanned bug and not supported. If you like what it does, you're free to leave it alone. MS didn't intend it to work this way, so don't complain if features are broken or missing.

To fix it, you can DISM enable/disable to get it back to a normal W11 desktop.
 
Well 11 desktop is broken, so if it reverts to 10 without glitches, its fixed, will try it out, thank you. Plus as you said if it goes wonky later, I just keep making sure I got backups, so if an update breaks, it I use DISM before hand. I been trying for several hours to make 11' UI usable, this might be the solution. :)
 
It's similar to what happens after removing Windows Application Runtime (WindowsApp.Runtime.CBS).
 
I have made the UI somewhat intuitive to use again with combination of Start11 v2 and startisback which can work together, although given both apps have online activation and the latter doesnt even officially support config export/import, dont think I will be able to silent install them with configs imported, its annoying but better than the stock 11 UI.

Thanks for the info as always though, it is interesting to learn of this stuff.
 
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