How do I get a chat window in Github Copilot Chat in Visual Studio?

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I signed up for github copilot and it appears to be connected to Visual Studio. But I have this "By continuing, you agree to GitHub's terms and privacy policy." message in the chat panel (see image below). How do I "agree" or "continue"?

My colleague said that he had to change some setting in github.com to enable VS chat but he doesn't recall what it was. He clicked the "You can change these settings at any time" link.

Uday__ · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-11 18:04:51Z

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Go to https://github.com/settings/copilot and turn on “Copilot Chat in IDEs”.
In Visual Studio, re-sign in via Extensions → GitHub Copilot → Sign in and authorize the Chat app in your browser.
Restart Visual Studio and reopen the Copilot Chat window.

Edit : no thing to do with it

edited Sep 11 at 18:04

answered Sep 11 at 16:22

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Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 17:14

Where is the setting "Copilot Chat in IDEs". There are pages of setting here.

Uday__ Sep 11 at 17:29

you can sign up with github and redirect to web page then you can access

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 17:37

I did all that. My question is why do I still see this screen?

Uday__ Sep 11 at 17:40

reinstall the extension and check the github copilot setting

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 17:50

I have no extension installed

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 17:58

Or do you mean the feature enabled with the VS Installer?

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 18:01

I disabled and then re-enabled the copilot feature using VS Installer. I relaunched VS. I still see the screen that I originally posted.

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 18:02

Again, how do I "agree and continue"?

Uday__ Sep 11 at 18:04

have you installed github copilot extension in vs code

Uday__ Sep 11 at 18:05

once install extension and try it ... It works

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 18:16

When I search "copilot" in extensions, there are dozens of hits. Which one is it?

Uday__ Sep 11 at 18:36

from github.com

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 18:43

"Visual Studio 2022 now includes the functionality from this extension out of the box."

Uday__ Sep 11 at 18:55

youtube.com/… try this

Chris Harrington Sep 11 at 20:49

That's about VS Code

Uday__ Sep 12 at 4:04

Sorry Sorry then youtube.com/…

Chris Harrington Sep 15 at 19:44

That shows using it and not the initial setup

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