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
    2023-11-22T13:47:15+00:00

    Still not what OP asked for or what I asked for...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-25T13:28:49+00:00

    Holy Grail Time -- Press R while holding down the Windows logo button on your keyboard. This pops-up a little command window. Enter "cmd" to bring up a whole window to enter commands, so you can see the results from entering the one command you need, at the prompt.

    winget uninstall "Windows web experience Pack"

    All that stuff about widgets is moot. All the widgets belong 100% to the web pack. No more news about sea cruises, communists, some fashion snafu, or cats in tree. Or conspiracies. -- Go to the Microsoft Store to find something more suitable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-26T17:02:53+00:00

    Nice little command right there. Still need to work on my winget skills before i hack up.

    C:\Users\spuds>winget --info Windows Package Manager v1.6.3133 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.2715 System Architecture: X64 Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3133.0 Winget Directories ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag… User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett… Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads Links --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice Homepage https://aka.ms/winget Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale Admin Setting State -------------------------------------------------- LocalManifestFiles Disabled BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled InstallerHashOverride Disabled LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled

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