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Cameron_Bush
Iron Contributor
Apr 08, 2019

Option to completely remove Microsoft News Feed

I understand there may be reason higher up the corporate ladder for wanting the inclusion of the Microsoft News Feed permanently in one way or another but please add an option to completely remove th...
Elliot Kirk's avatar
Elliot Kirk
Former Employee
Apr 08, 2019
Thank you for the feedback Cameron_Bush! I have sent it along to the owners of the new tab page.
Elliot
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vovchyk
Brass Contributor
Sep 28, 2019

Elliot Kirk Hi, I used to be able to disable the news feed by using

 

edge://flags/#use-edge-local-ntp

 

However, that flag is no longer available.  How do I disable the news feed now?

 

Thanks!

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Sep 28, 2019

    vovchyk IllusionMH Mike Glenn Cameron_Bush 

    Hi there, if you use Edge insider Canary channel Version 79.0.287.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit),

    chances are you can do it right now. give it a try! it will take more time before it is available to Dev channel.

     

     

    • KoshyG's avatar
      KoshyG
      Iron Contributor
      Sep 28, 2019

      Works Great.

      • Drew1903's avatar
        Drew1903
        Silver Contributor
        Sep 28, 2019

        KoshyG 

        Except it is a Controlled Feature Roll-out.

        Cheers,
        Drew

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Sep 28, 2019

    vovchyk 

    Ah, there's the $64,000 question... And it goes back to my recently 'daydreaming' here in the Forum (another thread) about Bing being used for the NTP.  Why?  Because, it does/can give or do what you want... and, even better than the NTP flag since, it's has full Bing functionality, including, different daily photo..  I use Bing for Start-up page as, it can be SO clean and powerful too, as a nice bonus.  Below you can compare, Bing on the left, default NTP on the right; you can see the red circled bit is not on the left.  The Feeds (and the Menu Bar) are/have been removed on the left.  It's the one similar place that allows removal of Feeds (& more).  But, sadly, cannot be used for NTP.  I have told the Team it should be & you should, also.



    In other words, without the NTP flag, there is no way, but, Bing does it.  Doesn't that just add to your frustration; I empathize.

    Cheers,
    Drew

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