Remove and turn off News and Interests from the Taskbar Windows Update: Remove and turn off News and Interests from the Taskbar Feature updates on Windows 10, version 20H2 automatically adds News and Interests to a Taskbar. To Turn off and Remove from this from the Taskbar: Right click the Taskbar. Hover Mouse over News and Interests in the settings Window. Click and Select Turn off. News and Interests is removed from the Taskbar.