Windows 11 allows you to add your favorite apps and services as ' widgets '. Microsoft has announced that this widget will support live animations that can change dynamically on the taskbar.

You can easily remove the news and weather widget from your Windows 11 taskbar and put it back only when you want it, but the process of doing so isn't self-evident.

On Windows 11, you can customize the Widgets feed to show only stories you like, and in this guide, I'll show you how.

If widgets aren't your thing, it's possible to hide the feature or stop it from running on a Windows 11 PC entirely. Here's how to make the change.