If you want to remove, turn off or disable the opening of the Widgets board on hover over in Windows 11, then see this post.

Microsoft plans to open up the Windows 11 Widget panel to third-party developers later this year.

Use Windows logo key + W to quickly open widgets board Windows 11 actually has a dedicated widget plane placed at the left side of the taskbar. Click on the widget icon brings up the widgets board.

Tired of seeing that annoying news widget on your Windows 11 Start bar? Here's how to disable (and enable) it at will, allowing you to keep tabs on the news when you want and ignore it when you don't.