Windows 10’s taskbar weather feature is provided through the News and interests taskbar component on supported Windows 10 versions. If it is available and enabled, weather information appears near the notification area.
Turn on News and interests
- Right-click an empty area of the taskbar.
- Point to News and interests.
- Choose Show icon and text or Show icon only.
If the menu is not present, the Windows build, organization policy, taskbar configuration, or feature availability may differ.
Adjust the weather location
Open the News and interests panel and use its weather/location controls when available. Microsoft has changed the feed interface over time, so current labels may not exactly match older screenshots.
If the weather is wrong
Check Windows location/time-zone settings and the location selected by the weather/feed experience. A VPN or inaccurate location detection can also make automatically chosen weather less relevant.
Turn it off if you do not want the feed
Right-click the taskbar, open News and interests, and choose Turn off. This hides the taskbar component; it does not uninstall a separate weather application.
Windows 11 instructions are different
Windows 11 uses Widgets and has changed its taskbar experiences across releases. Do not follow a Windows 11 Widgets tutorial when configuring the older Windows 10 News and interests feature.
Availability can change on a legacy OS
Windows 10 reached its standard free-support endpoint on October 14, 2025, which matters when maintaining the system described here. Cloud-backed feed features can change independently of the original operating-system documentation. If News and interests no longer behaves as an old guide describes, use Microsoft’s current Windows guidance rather than forcing deprecated components back on.
If the taskbar option is disabled
Restart Explorer or Windows after installing pending supported updates, and check whether taskbar policies are controlled by an administrator. Do not use Registry downloads from third-party sites merely to force the feature to appear.
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