You can finally turn off news in Windows Widgets in Windows 11. Earlier this year, the company promised to deliver the much-requested feature, and now every Windows 11 user, not only Windows Insiders, can clean the widgets board and make it work as it should have from the very beginning.
Before we start, it is worth noting that getting the necessary toggle requires downloading and installing a package that is only available to Windows Insiders (it works on stable releases). Also, you must enable a feature ID using a third-party app called ViVeTool. If you are not comfortable with that, wait for Microsoft to release the updated Windows Web Experience Pack to all users, not just Windows Insiders.
How to turn off news in Windows 11 Widgets?
1. Head to
store.rg-adguard.net and set the first drop-down to
ProductID. You can skip the next five steps if you run Windows 11 preview builds and have already installed Windows Web Experience Pack version 523.33200.0.0 or newer.
2. Type
9MSSGKG348SP into the search box, select
Fast from the next drop-down, and click the button with a checkmark.
3. Download the file called
MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience_523.33200.0.0_neutral_~_cw5n1h2txyewy.appxbundle.
4. Open the downloaded bundle and click
Update.
5. Download ViVeTool from GitHub and extract it in a convenient folder.
6. Open Command Prompt as Administrator (Terminal in Command Prompt profile will work) and navigate to the folder containing the extracted ViVeTool files using the CD command. Here is an example: CD C:\Vive.
7. Type
vivetool /enable /id:45393399 and press
Enter (via @technosarusrex).
8. Restart your computer.
9. Open the Widgets board by clicking its button on the taskbar or pressing Win + W.
10. Click the settings button.
11. Scroll down and click Show or Hide feeds.
12. Toggle off
Microsoft StartNow you can enjoy a clean Widgets board with just your widgets and no autoplaying videos, yellow press, and other news of questionable quality. It is great to see Microsoft finally delivering to its customers the most requested feature.
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