How to Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Windows 10

News and interests on the taskbar will brainstorm rolling out to Windows 10 users on April 22, 2021.

UPDATE 5/25: News and interests on the taskbar is at present available to anyone who installs the KB5003214 update.

News and interests on the taskbar provides easy access to information that�southward important to you, without the distraction of switching between apps, websites, and other devices. View your location�s current weather conditions directly on your taskbar and hover over the icon to see concise, scannable information from sports and stocks to local news and breaking headlines.

The information shown in news and interests is personalized for individual users. Users tin can customize the content they come across, enabling scenarios like the following:

  • Go on an eye on nearby weather and traffic that may impact a commute.
    To alter the location shown for weather and traffic updates, select More than options (�) on the Weather condition or Traffic card, and select Edit Location.
  • Follow a topic related to professional or personal interests.
    Follow a specific topic related to an industry, job role, or subject to larn more about. To follow a specific topic, select Manage Interests and select or search for a topic.
  • Go personalized updates on stocks.
    Keep an eye on major market indicators, see meridian gainers or losers, or create a watch listing of stocks to meet updates throughout the day.
  • Share, salve or see more stories.
    Select More than options (�) on headlines and articles in news and interests on the taskbar to share them with others or save them to read later. Users tin also asking to see more or fewer stories similar the ones shown.

In addition, the appearance of news and interests on the taskbar tin exist customized. Users can choose to right click or long press a blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests to customize. They can choose Show icon and text or, to relieve taskbar infinite, select Evidence icon merely. Users can also select Turn off to unpin news and interests.

See also:

  • Stay up to date with news and interests | Microsoft Back up
  • Personalized content at a glance: Introducing news and interests on the Windows 10 taskbar | Windows Blogs
  • Group configuration: news and interests on the Windows taskbar | Windows IT Pro Blog

Microsoft has made a Enable news and interests on the taskbar group policy setting available that specifies whether news and interests is immune on the device.
  • Non configured - Default setting. Same as Enabled.
  • Enabled � News and interests will be allowed on the taskbar. The News and interests settings UI will be present in the Taskbar context card, and users will be able to turn it on or off or switch modes.
  • Disabled � News and interests will be turned off (disabled) completely, and the News and interests settings UI in the Taskbar context carte du jour will exist removed.

This tutorial will bear witness you how to enable or disable the news and interests on taskbar characteristic for all users in Windows 10.

The GPO in this tutorial will just work if yous already accept the News and interests feature bachelor.

To admission the policy for news and interests on the taskbar, on a device that has installed the Apr 2022 Cumulative Update Preview (or May 2022 quality update), navigate to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions and locate the file called Feeds.admx. For your convenience, we have also published an updated version of the Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10, version 20H2 to the Microsoft Download Center.

Y'all must be signed in equally an administrator to enable or disable the news and interests feature.

The News and interests feature requires the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser to be installed on your PC.

News and interests is only bachelor on the primary monitor taskbar and where the taskbar is aligned to the lesser of the screen.

If you lot are using a tertiary party firewall, you lot will need to permit: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe


Known Issue: Afterwards installing KB5001391 or later updates, the news and interests button in the Windows taskbar might take blurry text on certain display configurations.

Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

Contents


  • Option One: Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Local Grouping Policy Editor
  • Selection Two: Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar using a REG File

Case: News and Interests on taskbar

Pick ONE

Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Local Grouping Policy Editor


The Local Group Policy Editor is only bachelor in the Windows x Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option 2 below.

ane Open up the Local Grouping Policy Editor.

2 In the left pane of the Local Grouping Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand Estimator Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and News and interests. (run across screenshot below)

How to Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Windows 10-news_and_interests_gpedit-1.png

3 In the right pane of News and interests, double click/tap on the Enable news and interests on the taskbar policy to edit it. (see screenshot in a higher place)

4 Practice step v (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you lot would like to practise.

v To Enable News and Interests on Taskbar for All Users

A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step vii below. (run into screenshot beneath)

Not Configured is the default setting.

6 To Disable News and Interests on Taskbar for All Users

A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to stride 7 below. (see screenshot below)

How to Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Windows 10-news_and_interests_gpedit-2.png

vii When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.

8 Either restart the explorer.exe process, sign out and sign in, or Restart the figurer to apply.

OPTION 2

Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar using a REG File


The downloadable .reg files below volition add and alter the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Feeds

EnableFeeds DWORD

0 = Disable
1 = Enable

i Exercise step 2 (enable) or pace 3 (disable) below for what y'all would like to practise.

ii To Enable News and Interests on Taskbar for All Users

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download push beneath to download the file below, and go to step iv below.

Enable_News_and_Interests_on_taskbar_feature_for_all_users.reg

Download

3 To Disable News and Interests on Taskbar for All Users

A) Click/tap on the Download push below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_News_and_Interests_on_taskbar_feature_for_all_users.reg

Download

4 Salvage the .reg file to your desktop.

five Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yep, and OK to approve the merge.

7 Either restart the explorer.exe procedure, sign out and sign in, or Restart the computer to apply.

8 You tin can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's information technology,
Shawn Brink

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