Google News aims to surface the most relevant, useful news for you. We customize your news based on the following factors:
Manual preferences
You can manually control many elements of Google News. The central place for your customization settings can be found in the News for you box, which you can adjust by following these steps:
- Open News for you preferences by clicking "Edit."
- You can re-order any of your sections by dragging and dropping them with your mouse.
- Choose "Always," "Sometimes," or "Never" to state how frequently you wish to see news stories from these sections.
- You can also create a personalized section by typing a search term (such as "Environment") in the text box and clicking "Add."
- When you are finished, click "Done."
Our Help Center also has specific suggestions for setting your Source Preferences, adding Custom Sections and specifying your preferred language and country for Google News.
Location
Google News has a local news section for you based on your location. You can see this section in a box in the side column.
You can change your location in Google News by following these steps:
- Click on "Edit."
- Enter a new location.
- Click "Save Changes."
Web History
If you are signed into your Google Account and have Web History enabled, your News experience is automatically customized to show you the most relevant and interesting articles for you, based on what you've previously clicked on. Learn about using Web History.
Your web history changes your Google News experience in two ways:
- The ordering of the stories you see is automatically updated to show more articles that correspond with your interests.
- If your web history has enough recorded clicks, you may see Recommended Sections in the side column. This gadget suggests custom sections that you might enjoy adding to your homepage. To dismiss a recommendation, click its trash icon.
Turning Off Personalization
If you don’t want to see personalized news, you can:
- Click on the “Standard U.S. Edition” link at the bottom of Google News. This will not delete any of your News settings or Web History. It will switch you to a non-personalized version of Google News for the duration of your current session. (To switch back, click on “Personalized U.S. Edition”.)
- Delete your web history. (Google News may take some time to update.)
- Log out of your Google Account.
If you have any questions about Google and user privacy, please review our Privacy Policy or feel free to contact us.