To show the weather on the taskbar in Windows 10, right-click an empty part of the taskbar and select News and interests > Show icon and text. To remove it, select News and interests > Turn off. The weather is part of the news and interests feature, so the same menu controls both.
Applies to: Windows 10. Microsoft ended Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025, so a PC without Extended Security Updates no longer receives security fixes; that program runs until October 12, 2027.
If you don’t see News and interests in the menu, your PC may not have the latest Windows 10 updates, or your organization may have turned the feature off.
Show or turn off the weather
- Right-click an empty part of the taskbar.
- Select News and interests.
- Choose Show icon and text, Show icon only, or Turn off.
- Show icon and text shows the temperature and conditions.
- Show icon only shows just the weather icon to save space.
- Turn off removes the weather from the taskbar.
Stop the feed from opening when you point at it
Right-click the taskbar, select News and interests, and clear Open on hover. The feed then opens only when you select the weather. To stop rotating headlines on the taskbar, select Reduce taskbar updates in the same menu.
Change the location or temperature units
- Select the weather on the taskbar to open the feed.
- On the weather card, select More options (…).
- Select Celsius or Fahrenheit, or Edit location to pick a different place.
To set your main location for all cards, select your account picture at the top of the feed and select Location. When other apps show the wrong town as well, change your location in Windows 10 itself.
Choose what the feed shows
- Open the feed and select Manage interests at the top to pick topics you want more or less of.
- On any story card, select the X to see fewer stories like it, or choose to hide stories from that source.
- To change the language and region of the news, open the feed’s settings and select Language and content.
Turn it off for every user
On Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise or Education, an administrator can turn the feature off for everyone. Open gpedit.msc, go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > News and interests, open Enable news and interests on the taskbar, select Disabled, and restart.
If the weather won’t go away or behave
- It came back after an update: some updates turn it back on. Right-click the taskbar and select News and interests > Turn off again.
- The menu option is grayed out: a Group Policy setting controls it. On a work PC, ask your IT team.
- The weather shows the wrong town: set the location on the weather card, as shown above, and check location settings in Windows.
- The feed is blank: check your internet connection, then restart Windows Explorer from Task Manager.
Frequently asked questions
Why did the weather appear on my taskbar?
Microsoft added news and interests to Windows 10 in an update in 2021. It’s on by default on many PCs.
Does turning it off remove anything else?
No. It only hides the weather button and its feed. You can turn it back on anytime.
How do I change other taskbar settings?
You can move the taskbar in Windows 10 to another edge, and get the taskbar back if it disappears.
Does the weather use much data or battery?
Very little. It checks for new weather and headlines now and then. Turning it off saves a tiny amount, which matters most on a metered connection.
Can I keep the weather but hide the news?
Not completely. Select Show icon only to show just a weather icon on the taskbar, and turn off Open on hover so the news only appears when you select it.
Is this the same as Widgets in Windows 11?
It’s similar. Windows 11 shows weather and news in Widgets, which you turn on or off in Settings > Personalization > Taskbar.
The feature itself is described in Stay up to date with news and interests.
For other taskbar tweaks, you can hide the clock on the taskbar or show battery percentage in Windows 10.
Matt Jacobs writes and maintains the guides on Support Your Tech, which he started in 2017. He spent most of his career keeping small-business PCs running and still takes the occasional consulting job, so the steps here come from fixing the same problems on other people’s computers. Every guide is checked on his own Windows 11, Windows 10, Mac, iPhone and iPad before it goes up.