Windows 10 offers, in a June 2021 update, a weather widget in the operating system taskbar.It is possible to reduce it or even remove it.
This is a feature that arrived with the latest update of Windows 10, in June 2021.In the taskbar of the operating system, you now have an insert announcing the weather point of the day - for June 16, for example, we learn that it is 30 ° C in the city where we live,and that the bulletin is accompanied by a yellow alert due to an early episode of strong heat.
The widget nestles in the taskbar and is rather discreet.
It is obviously practical to have day -to -day forecasts, without having to look for them online or by launching any application: everything is before our eyes.But for those who do not need this information, know that it is quite possible to reduce it, or even to delete it completely.It turns out that this small widget is not content to present the weather.
By clicking on it, a whole topical window is offered: the courses of certain stocks on the stock market, the next match of the football championship, the last dispatches and information and also traffic in the surroundings, based what knows whatMicrosoft of our geolocation.An option may be redirected to the MSN home page to go further.
The cache widget in fact a window offering you a summary of several information (scholarship, news, traffic, sports results).
How to remove the weather bar from the task bar in Windows 10
The good news is that it is quite easy to regain control of the widget: you have the possibility of reducing its size, by right click at its level and by going to the line "News andfields of interest ".You just have to choose "display the icon only" to limit the weather indicator to a simple icon representing the state of time (here, a great sun).
You can also prevent the window from appearing on the screen if by chance your mouse goes above the weather widget.In this case, you must uncheck the "Open overflight" option.In this case, the window opening will only be done if you actually click on the widget.The manipulation obviously works in the other direction if you change your mind.
If on the other hand you really do not want this feature, then you must choose "deactivate" after being in "News and fields of interest".The taskbar will then find an appearance similar to the one you know before the Windows 10 update.Again, you can go back if ultimately the weather point is more useful than expected.
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