The legacy Widgets/Shell Feed tweak has been removed.
To disable Widgets manually:
Right-click an empty area on the Taskbar, open Taskbar settings, then turn off Widgets under Taskbar items.
Changes
- Removed
ShellFeedsTaskbarViewModefromDisableAdvertisingAndSuggestions
This setting is no longer relevant on modern versions of Windows 11, and Microsoft has added additional protection around modifying it through the registry. Since the tweak provided limited practical benefit and the same behavior can already be managed directly through Windows settings, it has been removed to keep optimization cleaner, safer, and more reliable.
Full Changelog: v2.16.4...v2.16.5