Advice Request How to disable Windows 10's News and Interests taskbar newsfeed

[blacksheep]

I think this option should be disabled by default. Just makes Windows more bloated.

 

[Templarware]

@Freud2004 After Windows update did its thing today, I finally got News and Interests language. It works in Portuguese, with news from Portugal.

When you click something, it opens in Edge. Is there a way to make it open in the default browser?

 

[Ink]

When you click something, it opens in Edge. Is there a way to make it open in the default browser?

Link: EdgeDeflector

The process requires you to download a third-party application named EdgeDeflector, a pretty self-explanatory name in the context of things. EdgeDeflector is an open-sourced application that enables links to open up in the user’s browser of choice, thus overwriting the program’s setting of using Microsoft Edge for the purpose.

Source: How to open News and Interests links in Chrome or Firefox; not Edge

 

[ZeePriest]

I got this after the latest update 2 days ago and I couldn't find a way to remove it from my taskbar! Thank you @Opc9

 

[upnorth]

Latest version of O&O shutup10 did the work very well. Can't see the option at all.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Today i was surprised to see the News stuff in my taskbar/ superbar as i doesn't change my group policy with disabled Cortana.
As "News" isn't compatible with own feeds, i disable it.
Weather is already pinned at my start menu, so i don't need it twice.

 

[oldschool]

Thank goodness you can disable this useless junk with a couple of clicks!