How to remove Microsoft News from the taskbar

If you want to remove Microsoft News from the taskbar of Windows PC, this article will guide you with useful details.

On Windows 11 and Windows 10, you can see a new widget tab on the taskbar. When you click on it, you'll see a new layout where you can see news headlines, weather information, and other details.

For some users, this feature can be very annoying. As user u/iamwarrior_2 pointed out on the Reddit forum, the input to provide an option to turn off News in Widgets has been on the Feedback Hub for a few months and has generated at least 3,5k votes so far, however, it seems that Microsoft Nothing was solved.

In this article, we provide you a workaround in which you can completely disable Microsoft News from your taskbar.

Should I disable MS News from the taskbar?

In fact, News and Interests is a great feature. But that doesn't mean everyone will like it. One thing you should be aware of is that this widget doesn't have much of an impact on your PC's performance.

If you want to disable it for performance, this may not be such a suitable idea. But if you just want to do it because you want to get rid of Microsoft News, you can do it without a second thought.

How to remove Microsoft News from the taskbar?

Before taking the appropriate steps, you should check the following:

• Make sure you have activated Windows. Inactive Windows does not allow you to access any personalization settings.
• Your Windows is up to date, or at least you are using the latest version of Windows.

After ensuring the above, follow the methods below to remove Microsoft News from the taskbar.

1. Disable widgets

1. Press Win I to open Windows Settings.
2. Go to Personalization and click Taskbar.
3. Turn off the switch next to Widget.

This method is suitable for the latest Windows 11 users. You can also learn more ways to disable widgets on Windows 11.

2. Close News and Interests

1. Right-click on the taskbar.
2. Go to News and Interests and click Close.

This method works on the latest Windows 10. Currently, Windows 11 doesn't have any similar options.

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Unfortunately, Microsoft has not introduced any proper method to remove news from the widget only. So if you wish to use widgets, feeds from MSN News will be displayed by default and you cannot turn them off. Therefore, to remove MS News, you have to disable the widget.

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