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
    2022-12-11T17:22:45+00:00

    It would be helpful to be able to disable all news sources so I can go back and unblock the few that I want. At least allow "block all sports" or "block all news". I only want a handful of sports and nothing else.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-16T14:15:52+00:00

    I will give that a go. It sounds like the way forward.

    The only reason I use Bing is to accumulate Microsoft Rewards Points; it's okay, but I always feel it's not showing me everything,

    Thanks for the post!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-06T18:12:10+00:00

    Removing the icon from the taskbar does not turn off the news and interests feed. It is still there taking up cpu and network resources to display articles I do not need. Windows Key + W brings it up.

    So, hHow do you turn it off, not just hide the taskbar icon?

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