Change MATLAB Copilot Settings

Since R2025a

You can change settings to configure MATLAB® Copilot. Use the Settings window to interactively access and modify MATLAB Copilot settings.

To open the Settings window for MATLAB Copilot settings, use one of these options:

  • MATLAB Toolstrip: On the Home tab, in the Environment section, click Settings. Then, in the left pane of the Settings window, select MATLAB Copilot.

  • Copilot status indicator: In the lower left corner of the MATLAB desktop, click the Copilot status indicator and select Copilot Settings.

    Copilot status indicator in the lower left corner of the desktop showing the Copilot Settings option

  • MATLAB command prompt: Enter preferences 'MATLAB Copilot'.

Disable MATLAB Copilot

If you have a license for MATLAB Copilot, then it is enabled by default. You can disable Copilot and hide its features in MATLAB by clearing the Enable MATLAB Copilot check box in the MATLAB Copilot Settings window.

Settings window with the Enable MATLAB Copilot check box cleared

Disable or Pause Autocompletions

In the Editor and Live Editor, you can use Copilot autocompletion to generate code. You can manage autocompletion behavior by using the MATLAB Copilot Settings window.

The Copilot autocompletions mode list has three options:

  • Enabled — In the Editor, Copilot autocompletion generates code after you press the Enter key. The generated code appears next to the button at the cursor location. This behavior is the default behavior.

  • Disabled — Copilot autocompletion does not generate code. Pressing Enter results in a new line.

  • Paused — Copilot autocompletion does not generate code after you press Enter. The button appears at the cursor location, but without generated code.

MATLAB Copilot Settings window displaying Copilot autocompletions mode options

You also can disable autocompletions programmatically using the matlab.editor.autocompletions.EnableAutocompletions.TemporaryValue setting. You can set its value as:

  • 0 — Disabled

  • 1 — Enabled

  • 2 — Paused

For example, disable autocompletions.

s = settings;
s.matlab.editor.autocompletions.EnableAutocompletions.TemporaryValue = 0;

To enable autocompletions, select Enabled from the Copilot autocompletions mode list in the Settings window or programmatically set matlab.editor.autocompletions.EnableAutocompletions.TemporaryValue to 1.

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