Original topic:

Disable news in Weather widget?

(Topic created: 11-26-2025 07:06 AM)
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Ben1926
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How do I disable news in the weather app's widget? I don't need to see a cut off article title like "Travel plans this Thanksgiving will..." I just want to see "Colder temperature today" because it's a weather widget. When it tries to cram a news update I don't care about in the widget it removes information I actually need.

 
Thank you 

This is the issue I'm talking about:

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Ben1926
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What is currently displayed where I've circled is very helpful and what I wish to have displayed all the time. However, there is often part of a headline crammed in that space, like there was almost all last week. Instead of "Cooler temperatures today" it said "Thanksgiving travel plans may be..." which I do not want.
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Ben1926
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It actually just updated to display the thing I do not want. 1764194182416.jpg
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realaud
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The article is cut off in the hpes they interested you enough to click and read it. If you don't want to read it, just scroll on to the info you want.

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Popsicle20
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I use a weather app called WeaWow. It's ad-free donationware. There are 14 available widgets, each of which is highly customizable. It can show as much or as little weather information as you want. It never shows annoying commercial click bait.

One of my favorite features is the ability to choose which weather service to use with the app, so you can pick the one most accurate to your area.

The screenshot on the left shows the widget configuration that I use.
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Ben1926
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That looks like what I'm looking for. Thanks!
Popsicle20
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You're very welcome. I'm glad I could help.
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Burgess07
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Same thing started happening to me. It used to just show the current conditions, along with the high and low for the day. Now I get a news headline instead ๐Ÿ˜’1764341070883.jpg1764341070889.jpg
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Ben1926
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Yeah it's the worst, especially when I'm just trying to get a quick glance at upcoming conditions without having to open the app
CanusAntonius
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I found when pressing the widget those articles are listed as Samsung News, so I uninstalled that app which removed them from the weather widget permanently. Not sure why there needs to be forced news on a widget about looking at your local weather.
Ben1926
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Brother, preach. Thank you and bless you. This has solved the problem. Thank you for understanding
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