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Will_Hoch
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Oct 18, 2022
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Remove highlighted rectangles on news posts because it had been set to home page

One of the features of setting a home page is that news posts get a highlighted rectangle with the home page name; I guess to signify that it's special. I don't want them anymore. Things I've ...
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    ganeshsanap
    Oct 19, 2022

    Will_Hoch The colored rectangular block on news will appear when news is coming from one of the organization news sites.

     

    If you set a communication site as the home site for your organization, it's automatically configured as an organization news site.

    Documentation: Create an organization news site 

     

    I don't think you will be able to remove it from news web part settings. So, you may need to remove a site from the list of organization news sites using PowerShell: Remove-SPOOrgNewsSite

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ganeshsanap
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Oct 19, 2022

Will_Hoch The colored rectangular block on news will appear when news is coming from one of the organization news sites.

 

If you set a communication site as the home site for your organization, it's automatically configured as an organization news site.

Documentation: Create an organization news site 

 

I don't think you will be able to remove it from news web part settings. So, you may need to remove a site from the list of organization news sites using PowerShell: Remove-SPOOrgNewsSite

Please click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue. This will help others to find the correct solution easily. It also closes the item. If the post was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Like.

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