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I'd appreciate any help you can give. I'm running Win 10 Home build 19041.1052.
Recently a new app has mysteriously appeared. It looks like the MSN taskbar app, which I don't have installed on my system. See attached jpg of weather and task manager. Notice there's no "MSN" app listed in the task manager.

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2 questions:

  1. how do I find this app?
  2. how do I permanently uninstall it?

Malwarebytes and AVG say nothing's wrong, but I still don't trust the widget/app/whatever, especially since it doesn't show as any type of installed application.

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Ramhound
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You don't need to uninstall it. It is a new feature of windows and not a 3rd party install.

I don't like it either but it is built into the explorer now.

  1. Right click on the taskbar.
  2. Go to "News and Interest"
  3. Select "Turn Off"
  4. Celebrate
Señor CMasMas
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  • well, I feel stupid. LOL -- Seriously though thank you for alleviating my concern, as I genuinely thought it was a 3rd party install. Thought some new spyware or something like that got on my system. – Alanon SR3 Jun 24 '21 at 19:04
  • You're not stupid - this unannounced new feature caught me also by surprise, and I had exactly the same reaction as you, before I angrily turned it off. – harrymc Jun 24 '21 at 19:57
  • @harrymc - [It was actually announced back in April](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/04/22/personalized-content-at-a-glance-introducing-news-and-interests-on-the-windows-10-taskbar/) – Ramhound Jun 24 '21 at 20:12
  • @Ramhound: I'm signed up for multiple Microsoft newsletters, but none of them ever warned about this UI change. Windows 11 will have more such surprises, I'm sure. – harrymc Jun 24 '21 at 20:15
  • @harrymc - The only newsletter I read is the Windows developer blog. – Ramhound Jun 24 '21 at 20:18