Security News > 2021 > June > Windows 10 News and Interests enabled for everyone in latest update
Microsoft has now rolled out the Windows 10 'News and Interests' news feed to everyone and enabled it by default on the taskbar, causing many people to seek how to disable it.
Starting with last month's Windows 10 preview cumulative updates, Microsoft enabled News and Interests for all users running Windows 10 1909 and later.
As most Windows users do not install the preview updates, many Windows 10 devices did not get the new feature until Microsoft released yesterday's June 2021 Patch Tuesday mandatory cumulative updates.
The good news is that if you are not a fan of the News and Interests feature, you can quickly turn it off.
To disable the News and Interests widget, right-click on an empty portion of your taskbar, select 'News and interests,' and then click on 'Turn off.
Once you disable the News and Interests feature, it will not turn back on unless you enable it again.
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