The widgets on Windows 11 can be helpful.

But they can be distracting and can also clutter your Taskbar.

The good news is that turning off widgets in Windows 11 takes little time.

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Keep reading to see what steps to follow.

Then you have to deal with the widgets appearing.

If youre in a hurry and need to turn off the widgets immediately, useTaskbar configs.

Widgets option in Windows 11

The path you followed to get here is tweaks > Personalization > Taskbar.

Widgets option in Windows 11

When the window appears, choose disabled, followed by the Apply button.

Thats all there is to it.

Allow widgets option in Group Policy Editor

Its always a good idea to create a backup of your Registry just in case something unexpected should happen.

Once the Registry is open, choose the File option at the top left and choose the Export option.

Remember to give the backup a name with the date you created it.

Registry TaskbarDa option

hit the Save button, and youre good to go.

If anything should happen, you have a recent copy of your Registry.

Change it to one if you ever want to turn them back on.

If thats your case, turning them off is not the answer.

With a few changes here and there, you could only get the news you want to see.

In this article, youll seehow to customize the Windows 11 widgetsonly to see info about topics you like.