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
2022-05-01T23:57:45+00:00 I finally found a less technical solution that works (for me). Adding three other widgets takes up enough to screen space to force the drivel (aka news feed) below the screen.
So I see Weather, and also To Do and Outlook that I don't use so are relatively unobtrusive.
The 'News' widget is still there if I scroll down, but at least it's all out of my sight. (I also turn off Notifications for everything except system alerts, so no 'news', or ads, sneak in that way.)
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Anonymous
2022-05-02T21:45:10+00:00 Thats actually a good idea. So add widgets and don't worry about it.
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Anonymous
2022-05-22T04:27:34+00:00 it worked for me. that was so frustrating clicking everything off. just to have it pop up again . i can look for weather in my browser !