Apps Move a Widget on Widgets Board in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to move a widget on the widgets board 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.

You can move a widget to another spot on your Widgets board to rearrange widgets to the location you want.

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

Contents

• Option One: Move Widget on Widgets Board using Drag and Drop
• Option Two: Move Widget on Widgets Board using Menu

Option One

Move Widget on Widgets Board using Drag and Drop

1 Open Widgets (Win+W).

2 Click/tap on the Widgets button on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/press and hold on the header of a pinned widget you want to move. (see screenshot below)

4 Drag the widget to the new location you want, and drop it.

Option Two

Move Widget on Widgets Board using Menu

1 Open Widgets (Win+W).

2 Click/tap on the Widgets button on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on the More options (3 dots) button on the pinned widget you want to move.

4 Click/tap on Move widget.

5 Click/tap on the available Move up, Move down, Move left, and/or Move down options until the widget is moved to where you want it on the Widgets board.

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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[cbiweb]

This is very finicky. I can manage to move only the To Do and Outlook Calendar widgets, but not drop them. The just snap back to their original place, even when I try a precision drop. All other widgets can't be moved at all.

 

[Cyanna]

This seem to have changed a little in 24h2: you don't need to be signed into a Microsoft account
To move a widget it has to be pinned! (went half mad over why some could be moved and not others)

 

[Brink]

This seem to have changed a little in 24h2: you don't need to be signed into a Microsoft account
To move a widget it has to be pinned! (went half mad over why some could be moved and not others)

I hear you. It doesn't help Widgets keeps getting changed, and having multiple versions of it spread out across different builds of W11.