As such, you may not see any Microsoft Word icon. If Microsoft Word icon is blank or missing, & not showing correctly or properly on .doc & .docx document files of Office on Windows 11/10 ...

To turn off Copilot in Word, disable the feature via Settings, remove it from the ribbon, or downgrade the Microsoft Office ...

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Office, which consists of Word, PowerPoint ... At the very least it should have its own distinct icon that doesn't rely on text to identify that it's different.