How To Uninstall and Remove Microsoft News Widget In Windows 11 [Tutorial]

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How To Uninstall and Remove Microsoft News Widget In Windows 11 [Tutorial]

Unlike with other Windows 11 tricks such as disabling Cortana or getting rid of Microsoft Edge, disabling the new news and interests widget is actually very straightforward.

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Here is an example of the News and Interests taskbar widget. It will pop up if you hover over the weather icon on the right side of the taskbar. It displays weather, news and finance headlines, traffic, and more. You can manage the topics that are displayed on the widget. Just click the Manage interests button.

There are many useful apps included with Windows 11, but there are some you might want to remove. In this guide, we look at how to remove the Microsoft News App.

It also leaves a simple path back to enable it again if you should have a change of heart. Not everyone has the new widget at this point, it’s on some kind of slow rollout, but if you already know you won’t want it, bookmark this page until the time is right.

With the widget enabled on your PC, simply hover your mouse over it and ‘right-click’. Scroll up to the ‘News and interests’ menu item. Expand the menu and select ‘Turn off’. And that’s it, the widget should now be gone from your taskbar.

You also have a few other options to customize if you want to keep it but wish to change the look a little. Clicking ‘Icon only’ will reduce the space taken up on your taskbar by getting rid of the text. You can also reduce the taskbar updates if you wish.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung.