Widgets put a lot of handy info at your fingertips, from news to traffic reports to weather. Learn how to control and customize the widgets feature in Windows 11.

If widgets aren't your thing, it's possible to hide the feature or stop it from running on a Windows 11 PC entirely. Here's how to make the change.

If you like the News and Interests panel in Windows 10, you'll feel right at home with the Widgets panel in Windows 11.Use it to search the web, read trending news, check the weather, view photos ...

Along with that, you can also add Widgets to Windows 11’s desktop. These Widgets can be used as shortcuts and provide information about global news updates, weather forecasts, scores, etc.

If you like the News and Interests panel in Windows 10, you'll feel right at home with the Widgets panel in Windows 11.Use it to search the web, read trending news, check the weather, view photos ...