This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off whether Widgets will show notification badging on the Widgets taskbar icon for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets in Windows are interactive elements that display dynamic content and provide quick access to various apps and features. You can view your location's current weather conditions directly on the taskbar and hover over the icon to see concise, scannable information on topics like sports, stocks, local news, and breaking headlines. Widgets are designed to help you staying informed and organized by presenting personalized information at a glance.
Widgets are displayed on the Widgets board, which contains a collection of cards, each representing a widget with relevant information and actions related to an app. On the Widgets board you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests.
Widgets display weather information on the taskbar most of the time. When something important happens related to one of your other widgets of feeds, you might receive an announcement from that widget. These announcements are meant to be quick and glanceable. If you don't interact with them, the taskbar will return to displaying weather information.
A badge notification might appear on your taskbar for notifications that need to persist for longer than a few seconds, such as severe weather alerts or breaking news. When you open the Widgets board, a banner will appear at the top of the board providing more information on what triggered the notification badge.
By default, you will see badge notifications from widgets on the widgets icon on the taskbar.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25211, Microsoft has updated Widgets settings to now have three taskbar behaviors that you can toggle on or off. You can now turn on or off whether Widgets will show notification badging on the widgets icon on the taskbar.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.8346 (Experimental 25H2) and build 26220.8680 (Beta 25H2), taskbar badging will be turned off by default.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.8493 (Experimental 25H2), Microsoft made a small visual update to taskbar badging. For those that have taskbar badging on, the badge color will now match your Windows accent color instead of always appearing red, reducing the sense of urgency that something needs your immediate attention.
Reference:
Stay up to date with Widgets in Windows - Microsoft Support
Learn more about how to use the widgets board to keep track of the things you care about.
support.microsoft.com
When you are in a focus session, widgets' announcements and badges are not displayed on the taskbar.
EXAMPLE: widget badging
Here's How:
1 Open Widgets (Win+W).
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button at the bottom of the left pane. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Notifications in Settings. (see screenshot below)
4 Turn On (default) or Off Show badges on taskbar for what you want. (see screenshot below)
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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