How to disable news and interest in Windows 11 widget

Anonymous
2021-10-22T20:48:56+00:00

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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Sumit 44,306 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2024-02-23T11:57:06+00:00

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.

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Anonymous
2021-10-24T20:11:33+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T21:31:59+00:00

    Go to the full list of your apps from the start menu, right click your chosen app and select "pin to taskbar" from the context menu.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T21:17:55+00:00

    Sadly, hiding it doesn't stop it downloading unwanted garbage in background, and it makes it virtually impossible to apply one's preferences quickly and even when one has spent hours going through requesting to block extremist/futile. dull and other misinformation/gossip/nonsense sources it doesn't respect your choices and the foul and dull, misogynistic, anti-science and frankly grubby sources keep on reappearing like a many headed misinformation hydra. The only way to stop the digital effluent is to uninstall the treacherous data thief, resource hog and bandwidth nobbling adware that masquerades as the web experience pack. Microsoft simply are not listening and evidently don't care that so many of their customers detest this execrable time-wasting security and resource black hole.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T16:18:44+00:00

    The key thing I believe is that this widget keeps popping up out of the blues. In Windows 10, the 'Task Bar' settings gives the user the option to disable the auto popup which makes a lot of sense and it beats me why Microsoft should remove this feature completely. It's almost like windows 11 has taken us backwards because some of us like this widget and it would be a shame if the only way to deal with these annoying popups is to remove it completely.

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