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
    2023-04-12T16:24:10+00:00

    Even if you hide the news app, or other automatically included apps, They continue to pull the data from the web. Even if you are not using it, it still continually uses your resources to pull news data.
    It is effectively a BOT that loads stories Microsoft wants people to think are important.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-10T06:35:10+00:00

    Ok, Gone. Thanks, will just disable widgets entirely. If windows update turns it on again, I'm downgrading to Windows 7... or maybe Dos 7.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T21:56:42+00:00

    Yes, thanks to the advice of you and others, I uninstalled the web experience pack. No bad side effects so far.

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