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
    2024-11-22T01:15:14+00:00

    Click on weather, go to settings (right upper), select "Show or hide feed" and disable Feed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T15:08:49+00:00

    Click on weather, go to settings (right upper), select "Show or hide feeds" and disable Feed

    This seems like the obvious answer. And, it is an answer that has been provided many times by people who have not read the entire thread.

    It is also an answer that has been debunked many times.

    The problem is that all this really does is hide the feed. It does not Disable it. The feed still continues downloading information. It is just "hidden".

    If you just "dont want to see it", then it works fine.
    If you want it to not be a drain on your resources, then it is not a solution.

    They took a feature that might occasionally be useful and saddled it with this always running news feed.
    and, after nearly 5 years have chosen NOT to fix it.

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