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Windows 10 'News and Interests'

Stan Kasper 1,376 Reputation points
2021-06-09T20:11:29.46+00:00

Recently Microsoft added a new program to Windows 10 that runs in the taskbar called 'news and interests'. There are many ways to disable this from appearing. But is there a way to remove it?

In the past we had an 'app' that would provide 'news'. And you could remove it using 'get-appx'.

It now appears that Microsoft has made this part of the OS? More and more the end user is being limited to how they can manage the OS?

Or is there a way to remove 'news and interests' like any other 'app'?

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  1. Rich Sharp 1 Reputation point
    2021-09-21T18:39:43.227+00:00

    There is a relatively new Feeds.admx template file that has one available policy on the machine side, to remove/disable "News & Interests".

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  2. S.Sengupta 16,006 Reputation points MVP
    2021-06-11T14:40:29+00:00

    You can disable through the registry also:

    In Start Search type Regedit and hit the Enter key.

    Locate the following:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds

    Right-click the Feeds key, select the New submenu, and choose the DWORD (32-bit) Value option.

    Name the new key ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode and press Enter

    Double-click the newly created key and make sure the value is set from 0 to 2 to disable the feature.

    Close the Registry Editor.

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  3. David Moon 561 Reputation points
    2021-06-11T00:43:57.367+00:00

    Hi All

    Have 1909 and 20H2 machines both had the June patch applied. Don't see the News and Interest at the taskbar. Both ENTERPRISE versions. Right click on Taskbar, and i dont see the "news and interest" there either.

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    Just wondering whether this new feature was meant for ALL machines... or if there are any exceptions?

    Thanks
    Dave

  4. Kapil Arya 7,771 Reputation points MVP
    2021-06-10T12:38:20.353+00:00

    Hello,

    You can disable News & Interests using this guide:

    https://www.kapilarya.com/show-hide-news-and-interests-from-windows-10-taskbar

    When you remove it using registry, the News & Interests option will be completely removed from taskbar.

    Hope this helps!

    Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.