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
    2023-09-27T14:42:15+00:00

    This is ultimately THE REAL QUESTION.

    How do we as the users of the OS have some control over the background behavior of these 'features'?

    I'm so glad I daily a fedora linux system. I just boot this partition occasionally to keep it updated. This is really stressing me out.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-27T01:28:18+00:00

    This is good, although what people are asking for is how to remove the Feed in your Widgets Board.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-23T08:32:27+00:00

    Exactly... so could you please explain how to do this in Windows 11?

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