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
    2024-04-09T22:03:53+00:00

    I would like to do the same but they keep changing it back.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-10T04:04:46+00:00

    MS fiddled about with Widgets. Now you go to Windows-11 Settings and disable it. You have limited choice about _what Widgets do because it is a thing. But you can completely eliminate it by toggling the thing on and off in Windows Settings.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-10T14:50:34+00:00

    MS fiddled about with Widgets. Now you go to Windows-11 Settings and disable it. You have limited choice about _what Widgets do because it is a thing. But you can completely eliminate it by toggling the thing on and off in Windows Settings.

    "show or hide feed"
    While you can eliminate it from showing in your feed, you cannot stop it from continuing to download data.
    Clicking "hide" does not disable it, it just "hides" it.

    The only way to disable it is with a registry hack that completely eliminates the entire option for widgets.

    And, even if you do "hide" it, many times, new updates will unhide it.

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