Widgets bring you closer to information you both want and need. Just click on the widgets icon on the Taskbar, swipe from the left using touch, or hit Win + W on your keyboard, and your widgets slide out from the left over your desktop. You can personalize your experience by adding or removing widgets, re-arranging, resizing, and customizing the content. The set of widgets we provide currently focus on your calendar, weather, local traffic, your Microsoft To Do lists, your photos from OneDrive, sports and esports, your stock watchlist, and tips.
Your widgets board consists of two sections: your widgets and your news feed. Your widgets are all located at the top of the widgets board. The news feed can be found below your widgets. The following sections describe how to use the widgets board.
You can open a widget’s app or website by selecting the title bar in the upper-left corner of the widget.
The language and the content that you see on your widgets board is determined by your Windows display language and Country or region settings.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22000.71, Microsoft is introducing a new Entertainment widget. The entertainment widget allows you to see new and featured movie titles available in the Microsoft Store. Selecting a movie will direct you to the Microsoft Store to see more information about that title.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22000.120, Microsoft is introducing a new Family Safety widget for MSA accounts. It is available in all Windows languages and regions. It allows you to see recent activity from members of your Microsoft family group.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22000.168, Microsoft is introducing the new Microsoft 365 Widget. This widget brings relevant documents, news and meeting recordings (with more to come!) to enterprise users. This widget will only be available if you are signed in with your AAD account on your PC running Windows 11. In a time when information overload is a major concern for most workers, this personalized list will help users stay on top of their work and find the information they need with ease.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22563, Microsoft is trying out some changes in Widgets to bring more dynamic content to your Widgets board, by experimenting with bringing together the widgets and news feed experiences as a dynamic blended feed containing both widgets and news content. This should make it easier for you to discover and engage with new widgets and news content through your feed. With a dynamic feed there’s less of a burden on you to curate the canvas on your own, but you’ll still be able to pin your favorite Widgets to the top if you want.
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove widgets on widgets board for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets is not available in Windows 11 SE.
Removing a widget signs you out of its associated app or service.
OPTION ONE
Add Widgets
1 Open Widgets (Win+W). (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on the Add widgets button. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on the + (plus) buttons for widgets you want to add in Widget settings. (see screenshot below)
A check mark indicate the widget is already added.
4 Close (X) Widget settings when finished. (see screenshot below)
OPTION TWO
Remove Widgets
1 Open Widgets (Win+W). (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on the More options (3 dots) button in the upper right corner of the widget you want to remove, and click/tap on Remove widget. (see screenshot below)
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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