Apps Enable or Disable Show Announcement Updates from Widgets on Taskbar in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off whether live Widget content on the taskbar shows more than weather for your account in Windows 11.

Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage.

Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance throughout your day. Say goodbye to constantly switching between apps, devices and websites—now you can stay connected to the things you care about without losing focus on your most important tasks. 

Be default, you see rotating updates from widgets on the widgets icon on the taskbar for more than just weather.

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 to see updates from widgets other than just weather on the widgets icon on the taskbar.

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Microsoft is still rolling this out, so the experience isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as Microsoft plans to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.

Here's How:

1 Open Widgets (Win+W).

2 Perform one of the available options below: (see screenshots below)

• Click/tap on the Me button.
• Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button

3 Perform one of the available options below: (see screenshots below)

• Turn On (default) or Off Show announcements for what you want.
• Click/tap on Notifications, and turn On (default) or Off Show announcements for what you want.

4 You can now close Widget settings.





That's it,
Shawn Brink