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
2023-12-13T20:53:36+00:00 Maybe not so many people are following any mainstream news outlets. Their viewer numbers are propped up by apps like Microsoft's Widgets, which makes it look like more people are following than actually are.
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Anonymous
2023-09-30T10:56:53+00:00 What a fantastic reply! I wish Microsoft would read this and try to understand we don't want their spam newsfeed. All I want to do is see the weather on my taskbar and then clicr to see more about the weather if needed, without seeing the nasty right-wing news on the right-hand side of the panel - too disturbing.
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Anonymous
2023-06-28T14:35:23+00:00 We like the widgets panel, we just dont want the "My Feed" news links.
Even if the widgets are hidden, they still use data.
Unless you registry hack to completely remove the widgets, they continue to update and use data.
So, everyone with their widget panel hidden, are still downloading Microsoft news data.In addition to wanting complete control over what widgets are on the panel, I want the option to tell widgets to NOT update or download data unless I open the panel.