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
2023-09-23T03:25:24+00:00 Or you can just right click on your taskbar then choose News and Interests > Turn off which is so much easier. Why am I the only geek who does things the easy way?
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Could you explain how you do this? I am on windows 11 and I cannot turn off the news and interests. There is a setting to turn widgets on or o ffbut it is all or nothing. there is no way to only have weather, photos, calendar.... it always includes the news feed.
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Anonymous
2023-09-23T00:04:47+00:00 Or you can just right click on your taskbar then choose News and Interests > Turn off which is so much easier. Why am I the only geek who does things the easy way?
It's nice to show off your knowledge but simplifying the difficult is a sign of genius.
“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” ― Albert Einstein
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Anonymous
2023-08-11T02:10:57+00:00 Greg,
Thank you for a concise and accurate answer. I simply wanted to turn the bloody thing off and you allowed me to do that. Settings move constantly and it is not always easy to know where they have migrated between updates. Thanks again for solving my problem this is a first time for a Microsoft forum to do so.