Stay Up to Date With News and Interests
Applies To
Windows 10Support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025
After October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide free software updates from Windows Update, technical assistance, or security fixes for Windows 10. Your PC will still work, but we recommend moving to Windows 11.
The news and interests feature in Windows 10 is designed to keep you informed and updated right from the Windows taskbar. With this feature, you can easily access weather updates, news, and other interests without needing to switch between apps or websites. 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.
News and interests uses information cards to display various types of content. Each card represents a specific topic, such as weather, top stories, sports, stocks, and traffic. These cards update over time to provide the latest information. You have the flexibility to customize the news and interest's feed to suit your preferences by adding or removing the information cards. This means you can tailor it to display the information that matters most to you, making it a convenient way to stay connected and informed throughout your day.
To open news and interests hover over, or select, the news and interests button on the taskbar.
Customize news and interests
The following sections describe common operations to customize news and interests. Expand each section to learn more:
You can quickly glance at your feed by hovering your mouse on the weather icon. To change this behavior, right-click on a blank space on the taskbar, select News and interests and select Open on hover to clear the box.
You can manually update your primary location and language to obtain more relevant content. Open news and interests on the taskbar, then select your user account icon .
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Select Location to set your primary location and see more relevant content for that location. This will also update the location used for weather on the taskbar
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Select the Language and content dropdown menu to select an appropriate language for content in your feed
To edit your home and work location for traffic, select the three dots on the traffic card and select Edit home location or Edit work location.
The taskbar can display the temperature in Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F). To switch between these two units, select the news and interests icon on the taskbar, select the three dots on the weather card, and select Celsius or Fahrenheit.
You can change how news and interests looks on the taskbar. To only show the weather icon and save space on your taskbar, you can switch to icon only mode. Right-click any blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests > Show icon only.
Taskbar updates show you personalized, rotating content directly on the taskbar. Relevant information cards are also displayed in an expanded view in your feed.
To turn taskbar updates off, right-click on a blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests > Reduce taskbar updates. Once this is checked, you will only get weather information on the taskbar.
Note: If you have an information card turned off, you won't get rotating taskbar updates related to that information card.
Right-click on a blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests > Turn off. When you turn off news and interests, the weather will no longer appear on your taskbar.
To turn on news and interests, right-click on a blank space on the taskbar and select News and interests > Show icon and text.
Personalize your feed
News and interests displays content on a variety of topics. Each topic is contained within an information card that updates over time.
Sign in to Microsoft Edge to personalize your news and interests experience with the topics you care about.
If you have multiple profiles in Microsoft Edge, select the profile you want to use. Open news and interests on the taskbar, then select your user account icon > Switch to another profile > select another profile to use.
You can manage the different profiles from Microsoft Edge. For more information, see Sign in and create multiple profiles in Microsoft Edge.
You can toggle information cards for weather, money, sports, and more on or off by going into the card, selecting the more options button, and then choosing the option to hide the card.
To manage all information cards, open news and interests on the taskbar, then select your user account icon . Choose the Information cards option and toggle the cards of interest on or off.
Your feed will become more personalized over time, and here are the steps to configure your favorite sources. Open news and interests on the taskbar, then select your user account icon .
Select Manage interests, which opens the personalization page. From here, you can:
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Use the search box to search for the topics or publishers you want to follow
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Browse topics by category and select the ones that interest you
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View and manage your followed interests and publishers in the Following section
You can also fine tune your feed in your preferences whenever you see a story:
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Select the close button to remove the article and provide feedback like Not interested in this story or Block the publisher
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Select the more options button in a news story and choose to follow the publisher
Frequently asked questions
Some apps or services that power your news and interests experience may tailor content using a location estimate based on a few components. For example, some apps or services may use Windows location service if you have enabled location on your Windows device. If you haven't enabled location, other technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular modem, and IP Address might also be used. These Microsoft apps and services will estimate the general location - like city, postal code, or region - of your device to provide you with the most relevant experience.
Your feed learns about you over time, and will reflect your preferences, so you might not observe changes immediately. Content appears in your feed when there's new content to show that meets your personalization settings. If you changed your settings for an information card, they should be reflected after you select the Refresh feed icon next to your user account icon .
You can access your privacy information in the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard. Also in the Microsoft Edge browser, there are built-in controls to limit tracking from advertisers and third parties.