The weather forecast or weather widget (officially called News and Interests) in Windows 10 is one of the recent tweaks to Windows 10 by Microsoft to update the users about the latest news, events, weather updates, etc. The widget was propagated by the Windows Update channel in June 2021. The News and Interests widget is shown on the Taskbar of the system (near the system tray).
Although there are users who are liking this, there is a vast majority of the users who do not like the Bing-powered News and Interests and want to disable it.
Although the process to get rid of the News and Interests widget in Windows 10 is quite simple for a common user, this can be a challenge to disable the widget over 100s of PCs for an organization’s IT staff (to counter this, they can use the Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor method to disable it all across the organization).
Disable the Weather Forecast Widget Through the Taskbar of the System
- Right-click on the Taskbar of your system and select News and Interests.
- Then in the sub-menu, select Turn off and the widget will be removed from your taskbar.
Turn off News and Interests on the Taskbar of Your System
Disable ‘Open on Hover’ of News and Interests
If you are one of those users who like the widget but are annoyed by its popping-up behavior when the mouse hovers over it, then you can disable hoovering and keep the widget displayed.
- Right-click on the Taskbar of your Windows 10 PC and click on News and Interests. If the News and Interests widget is not shown on the Taskbar menu, then make sure your system is not operating in tablet mode.
- Now, in the sub-menu, uncheck the option of Open on Hover and there will be no more pop-ups by the weather widget when the mouse hovers over it.
Disable Open on Hover of News and Interests
Only Show Icon of the News and Interests Widget on the Taskbar
If you want to keep the widget but are not pleased with the precious space it has covered on the Taskbar, then you can resize it to an icon.
- Right-click on the Taskbar and hover over News and Interests.
- Then select Show Icon only and the weather widget will be resized to an icon.
Show Only Icon of the News and Interests
Reduce Taskbar Updates of the Weather Forecast Widget
If you want to use the widget but are not happy with the internet data it is consuming (especially, if you are on a metered connection or using a mobile phone’s hotspot), then you can keep the widget by configuring it to use less data.
- Right-click on the Taskbar and select News and Interests.
- Now, in the sub-menu, select Reduce Taskbar Updates.
Reduce Taskbar Updates of News and Interests
Keep in mind that if you do not like a particular card in the News and Interests widget, you can disable the card in News and Interest by clicking on the three horizontal ellipses on the respective card and selecting Hide Card.
Disable the News and Interests Widget Through the Group Policy Editor
If you are an IT guy in your organization and have to turn off the weather on windows 10 over 100s of PCs, then you can use the group policy editor to disable the weather widget and push the policy over to all the PCs. Although this method also works for common users, it will be probably best for the users to use the Taskbar method.
- Click Windows, key in Group Policy Editor, and open Edit Group Policy.
Open Group Policy Editor - Now, in the Computer Configuration, navigate to the following path:
Administrative Templates>> Windows Component>> News and interests
Disable News and Interests on the Taskbar Through the Group Policy Editor - Then, in the right half of the window, double-click on Enable News and Interests on the Taskbar and select Disabled.
- Now apply your changes and reboot your PC to apply the new group policy.
Disable the News and Interests Widget Through the Registry Editor of Your System
You can also use the Registry Editor to turn off the weather display on the organization level, but for a common user, it will be overkill.
Warning: Keep in mind that editing the PC’s registry is a skillful job and if not done as instructed, you may cause undying damage to your data/system, so, proceed at your own risk. Also, to play safe do not forget to back up your system’s registry.
- Click Windows, key in Registry Editor, right-click on it, and select Run as Administrator.
Open Registry Editor as Administrator - Now navigate to the following path (you can copy-paste the given address):
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionFeeds
- Then, in the right pane, double-click on ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode and set its value to 2.
Set the Registry Value of ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode to 2 to Disable the News and Interests Widget - Now reboot your PC after exiting the editor and upon reboot, hopefully, your issue with the weather widget is resolved.
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Одно из последних обновлений Windows 10 добавляет в панель задач кнопку с отображением погоды, при нажатии на которую или при простом наведении мыши показывается окно с новостями из Интернета. Не всем такое нововведение пришлось по душе.
В этой очень простой и короткой инструкции о том, как отключить новости и убрать кнопку погоды с панели задач Windows 10 (или, в формулировке Майкрософт — «Новости и интересы»), сделать это можно буквально в два нажатия мыши. На близкую тему: Как включить или отключить погоду на панели задач Windows 11.
Отключение новостей и погоды в панели задач
Рассматриваемая новая функция называется «Новости и интересы» и отключается тем же способом, что и другие элементы в аналогичном расположении, например, поиск на панели задач или кнопка Кортаны. Порядок действий следующий:
- Нажмите в пустом месте панели задач или по самой кнопке погоды правой кнопкой мыши.
- В появившемся контекстном меню раскройте раздел «Новости и Интересы».
- Выберите пункт «Отключить» — с этого момента ни погода ни всплывающее окно с новостями показываться не будут.
Если вы захотите выполнить отключение «Новости и интересы» с помощью редактора реестра, в разделе
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionFeeds
измените значение параметра с именем ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode (DWORD32) на 2, а затем перезагрузите компьютер.
На этом всё: как и обещал, будет очень коротко.
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Not interested in the Bing results shown for the weather in your taskbar? Fortunately, you can turn this feature on and off as much as you’d like! This wikiHow article will walk you through the easy steps to remove the weather icon or text from your taskbar in Windows 10.
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Right-click the taskbar. This is the bar on your screen that contains the Start menu logo.
- If your taskbar is located at the top, left, or right of your screen, you will not see the «News and interests» option in the menu.
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Hover your mouse over News and interests. It’s usually the third listing on the menu and prompts another menu to slide out to the right.
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Click to select Turn off. You’ll no longer see the weather icon or text in your taskbar!
- Instead of turning it off completely, you can decide if you want «News and Interests» to open when you hover your mouse over the weather icon. If you find that having «News and Interests» on your taskbar is slowing down your computer, right-click the taskbar, hover over News and interests > Reduce taskbar updates.[1]
- Instead of turning it off completely, you can decide if you want «News and Interests» to open when you hover your mouse over the weather icon. If you find that having «News and Interests» on your taskbar is slowing down your computer, right-click the taskbar, hover over News and interests > Reduce taskbar updates.[1]
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If you’re in the IT department of a group of computers, you can use the group policy editor to remove the feature from a bunch of computers at once. To do this, press the Win key and type in «Group Policy Editor.» Click the search result that will open «Edit Group Policy/Control Panel» and navigate to «Administrative Templates>> Windows Component>> News and interests«. Double-click «Enable news and interests on the taskbar» and click Disabled. Click Apply and restart your computer to apply the changes to your group policy.
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Third-party tools have been around for over a decade to help PC users display weather information right on the Windows taskbar. PC users who have used Windows 7 for a long time know that there was a software called Weather Bar (it is still around) to show weather information on the taskbar. Needless to say, that the built-in desktop gadgets were also present to display weather information on the desktop.
Windows 10 now displays (version 2004 and later) weather information on the taskbar by default. The weather information on the taskbar is part of the new “News and interests” feature. Upon hovering over the weather information on the taskbar, a flyout pops up showing weather, news, traffic updates, and more.
NOTE: Version 2004 and 20H2 users need to install KB5001391 optional update to get this feature.
For most PC users, this is a welcome feature as they can glance at the weather information without requiring to open the Weather app. Besides, the flyout also shows relevant news, and you can customize the feed to show what you want.
That said, a section of PC users might like to have a clean and clutter-free taskbar. Or perhaps, you want to save the taskbar space. If you are one of them, you might want to remove the weather information from the taskbar and disable the flyout, which shows up upon hovering over it.
The team behind Windows 10 knows this very well. That is why they have provided an option to hide weather information from the taskbar. Unfortunately, Windows 10 does not offer a way to completely remove this new feature. You can only disable it.
Step 1: Perform a right-click on an empty spot on the taskbar, select News and interests and then click the Turn off option to remove the weather information as well as the News and interests.
Stop News & widgets flyout from opening upon hovering on taskbar weather information
With default settings, whenever you hover the mouse cursor over the weather information on the taskbar, News & interests flyout shows up. If you would instead like to see the News & interests flyout upon clicking on the weather information (rather than hovering on it), there is an option.
Step 1: Right-click on a vacant spot on the taskbar, select News and interests and then deselect the Open on hover option by clicking on it. That is it! From now onwards, you need to click on it (rather than hovering on it) to see the News and interests flyout.
NOTE: Windows 11 does not display weather information on the taskbar. If you like to get the same, refer to our how to display weather info on Windows 11 taskbar guide.
How to display battery percentage on Windows 10 taskbar guide might also interest you.
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Windows 10: How to remove weather from taskbar
If you don’t want information about the weather on your desktop, here’s how to disable the ‘News and Interests’ feature from Windows 10 taskbar:
- Right click on the weather icon of your taskbar
- Go to ‘News and Interests’ in the dropdown menu and select ‘Turn Off’
Once you have done this, the entire ‘News and Interests’ widget will disappear from your taskbar which will remove information about the weather and latest news.
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Windows 10: How to adjust weather icon on taskbar
In case you still want to see weather information but want to change the way it displays on your Windows 10 taskbar, here’s how to do it:
- Right click on your taskbar and go to ‘News and Interests’ in the dropdown menu
- Select ‘Show Icon Only’
In this way, you will see a button with the weather app which gives you access to weather information without the feature taking too much space on your taskbar.
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Users react to the feature
A number of social media users have decided to turn off the feature for different reasons and many of them shared their reactions on Twitter.
For example, one person tweeted: “So I REALLY like the News and Weather toolbar the New Windows 10 update came with, BUT I also really wish it was on the LEFT side like the Cortana Toolbar, because I use so many taskbar related things on the right.”
“Updated my daughter’s Windows 10 laptop. Weather on the taskbar is potentially neat but I do wish news wasn’t lumped in with it,” reacted another one.
Someone else added: “Slightly unpopular opinion: I kinda like this weather widget in the taskbar that rolled out in Windows 10 update. My only gripe is that I can’t toggle off the weather warning text.”
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После недавнего обновления Windows 10 на панели задач, а именно – в системном трее, рядом с часами, появился виджет погоды, показывающий текущую температуру и облачность для заданного города. При клике, в появляющемся окне можно также посмотреть более подробную информацию — прогноз погоды, персонализированные новости. Нововведение не всем пришлось по вкусу, и пользователи массово стали интересоваться, как убрать погоду с панели задач Windows 10.
И действительно, зачем засорять рабочий стол излишним информационным шумом, лишний раз отвлекая от работы за ПК? Если у человека есть необходимость посмотреть погоду, он это сделает на специализированном сайте тогда, когда это нужно. Microsoft перестарались с новым обновлением. Информер на начальном экране, очевидно, излишний.
В этой статье рассмотрим инструкцию, в которой подробно разберем, как в Windows 10 отключить виджет прогноза погоды на панели задач от MSN.
Как отключить виджет погоды на панели задач Windows 10
Как убрать виджет погоды на панели задач Windows 10 – инструкция:
- Кликнуть правой кнопкой мыши по гаджету погоды, который находится внизу — на панели задач, рядом с системным треем Windows (можно по пустому месту на панели задач);
- Навести курсор мыши на пункт «Новости и интересы» в появившемся контекстном меню;
- Выбрать пункт «Отключить» в выезжающем подменю;
- Если полностью удалять виджет нет необходимости, то можно активировать пункт «Показывать только значок», в результате чего будет видна только иконка приложения, при клике по которой будет выводиться детальная информация.
Для того чтобы вернуть значок программы досочно кликнуть правой кнопкой мыши по пустому месту в панели задач, проделать инструкцию, описанную выше и выбрать в меню пункт «Показывать значок и текст».
Обратите внимание! Виджет погоды в меню «Пуск» никуда не исчезнет. Для того, чтобы убрать отображение погоды в Windows 10 необходимо кликнуть по плитке правой кнопкой мыши и выбрать в меню пункт «Удалить» или «Открепить от начального экрана», чтобы скрыть службу.
Отключение погоды в системном трее Windows 10 через реестр
Произвести отключение погоды в системном трее Windows 10 можно также через редактор реестра. Для этого необходимо сделать следующее:
- Запустить приложение «Выполнить». Сделать это можно из меню «Пуск» или с помощью сочетания горячих клавиш Win+R;
- Ввести команду regedit в поле ввода и нажать «ОК»;
- Перейти по следующему пути:
КомпьютерHKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionFeeds
(Можно скопировать данный путь и вставить его в адресную строку редактора реестра для быстрого перехода к нужному разделу); - Кликнуть правой кнопкой мыши по файлу ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode и выбрать в контекстном меню пункт «Изменить». Можно также просто произвести даблклик по файлу левой кнопкой мыши;
- В поле «Значение» необходимо изменить значение с «0» на «2», как это показано на скриншоте ниже;
- Нажать «ОК» для сохранения внесенных изменений.
Виджет погоды Windows 10 убирается не сразу, а только после перезагрузки компьютера или ноутбука.
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