With the February update to Windows 11 - you have the option to disable MS start to feed from the Widget Settings. Requires Windows 11 23H2 at least.
How to disable news and interest in Windows 11 widget
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I want to keep the widget on my task bar, however I don't want the new stories to show. I've hide a bunch of them and they still end up showing, but I'm constantly having to hide them all since there are sooooo many. How do I disable the top stories, and the news and interest without turning off my widgets. I ONLY want the weather to show.
I've uninstalled microsoft news but I'm still seeing the news stories.
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I would suggest that you completely remove the the Widgets app from your taskbar - see here -and pin the Weather App to Start / Taskbar.
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Anonymous
2023-06-28T13:46:32+00:00 It appears Microsoft is planning on introducing this functionality later this year :) https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-will-finally-let-users-disable-the-msn-feed-in-windows-11s-widgets-board-later-this-year
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Anonymous
2023-02-25T01:31:16+00:00 Here's the problem both Haylie and I are having: You can't simply get rid of the News & Interests widget. There's no dedicated widget to get rid of. There's a ton of individual panes that only ask me to hide them, which results in hiding specific news outlets as "interests" to block.
Please note: At least in my case, I'm not removing anything from my Taskbar. I've hidden the Widget feature from my Taskbar. It's from the Widget window itself that I'm wanting to remove the widget cards of dozens of news outlets out of entirely.
Currently, as of 2023, you can't strictly hide that as a widget or remove it as a widget. Windows forces me to visit My Interests to calibrate that. Allegedly I'm not following anyone. Because of that, it basically throws a bunch of visual vomit in my direction that I couldn't care less about. I don't care about The View. I don't care about whatever self-absorbed celebrity is having a meltdown. I don't want to see any news or "interest" that doesn't actually interest me.
But of course, Microsoft does not care. They want to show me their chosen garbage without my expressed, written consent. Unfortunately, in the Widgets popup window from Windows + W, even if I hide a few news sources, more popup, because golly gee, we gotta fill in that gap!
Oh, and the ONE widget that I DO want? Phonelink? Nope, it's not in the +add widgets section. Even if Phonelink claims it is. I'll have to do more web searching to see if I can somehow manually download and add it. Perhaps some modders out there have created a way to remove what I don't want, lol.
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Anonymous
2023-02-15T19:17:47+00:00 I've seen so many of your incorrect "answers." They're never helpful. I don't understand why you spam wrong answers on this site all day.
The link you posted doesn't answer the question. It, yet again, is just another way to disable the whole thing and not the specific part that the original question was about.
TL;DR, it doesn't appear to be possible to accomplish what the OP wants.