News app - how to remove trending stories and top stories

[TwoBytes]

trending and top stories have appeared with news sources that are not relevant. Has anyone found a way to to remove them? I thought news was supposed to be an app you can customise your own personalised news instead of being force fed junk you don't want..

 

[Floris]

Inside the actual app, or on the swipe to left widget screen?

 

[TwoBytes]

Good point, sorry, inside the app

 

[Floris]

And this is not what does the trick for you?
I tried uploading some files, but they didn't work, let me try this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6z5xbqgo4z2fvdj/2016-09-10 16.36.14.png?dl=0

^^ if you dont want a disney story as a top trending etc, remove disney from the list and see if that stops it?

 

[TwoBytes]

Thanks but they are all off!
I think that menu is just for notifications

 

[Floris]

Yeah, I had issues with attaching files to the post. I dunno why. But yeah, then I don't know if unchecking (on the dropbox link page) doesn't do the trick.

 

[TwoBytes]

Thanks for attaching the pic! Appreciate the effort
Maybe there will be an answer fo this when the official update comes out next week

 

[HansumKingtut]

Have you tried to "Mute Channel"?

or

 

[TwoBytes]

top stories is still forced upon users. I have a feeling no matter how many i mute, there will be 100 news channels queued up. This isn't good apple.

 

[MacFinnley]

I wonder if the News App ever comes to Germany.

 

[HansumKingtut]

Have you tried removing from favorites or muting "News Top Stories"?

 

[Andrew.s]

If you remove it from your Favorites you should no longer see those articles under the For You section. It however still shows Top Stories in the widget, which I wish was the most recent of my Favorites.

 

[TwoBytes]

Even if you remove it, it still shows....alogn with 'trending' which shows unrelated articles tooo.

 

[Otterit]

Even if you remove it, it still shows....alogn with 'trending' which shows unrelated articles tooo.

Agreed. News remains.

 

[mpavilion]

This issue with the "new" News app made me switch to Feedly...

 

[Otterit]

This issue with the "new" News app made me switch to Feedly...

Great idea. Thank you.

 

[Alrescha]

This issue with the "new" News app made me switch to Feedly...

Yes, I also switched back to my old RSS aggregator. I am pretty bummed, because iOS 9 news was pretty much exactly what I wanted, and the iOS 10 version is the opposite.

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