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  • 06-01-2019 11:37PM
    #1
    Live at Three
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭


    When I go into the google app I see 'Discover' the news feed. Most of the topics are good and relevant but I can't stop sports headlines. Anyone know a way to do this? I've tried the obvious ways, like selecting interests in settings, but I'm still getting sports headlines.


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  • #2
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Live at Three wrote: »
    When I go into the google app I see 'Discover' the news feed. Most of the topics are good and relevant but I can't remove the sport. Anyone know a way to do this? I've tried the obvious ways, like selecting interests in settings, but I'm still getting sports headlines.

    Not sure you can but you can press on the 3 dots on the top right of a story and say 'not interested in' the individual topic. Eventually you'll get to the stage where you'll have the sport ones gone. I had to do the same to get it to stop showing me politics stuff.


  • #3
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6237870?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en


  • #4
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭corkie


    Step 2: Choose the types of cards you want to see
    Add or delete topics you follow from the Google app
    1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app Google .
    2. Tap Menu Menu and then Customize.
    3. Choose topics to add or delete:
    • Add: At the top, tap Follow Topics.
    • Delete: Next to the topic, tap Remove Remove. If you don't see this option, you haven't followed any topics yet.

    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6237870?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

    It gets populated by things you searched or visited in chrome extra.

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  • #5
    Live at Three
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭Live at Three


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not sure you can but you can press on the 3 dots on the top right of a story and say 'not interested in' the individual topic. Eventually you'll get to the stage where you'll have the sport ones gone. I had to do the same to get it to stop showing me politics stuff.

    Thanks. I've been doing that for a year now, latest one I had to click was 'Not interested in Marko Arnautovic'

    I wonder why there's not a 'not interested in sport' option...

    Also did some googling about Paul McCartney a while ago and now I'm getting stupid daily stories that really arent interesting, but I don't want to select 'Not interested in Paul McCartney', you know...in case he dies or something..

    Also, is there a way to get general big news headlines? Like the recent earthquakes/tsunamis...? This seems to be a glaring omission in the news feed app. I am missing major headlines and instead getting "Paul McCartney admits that he prefers Heinz to Chef ketchup" type stuff


  • #6
    Live at Three
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭Live at Three


    corkie wrote: »
    Step 2: Choose the types of cards you want to see
    Add or delete topics you follow from the Google app
    1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app Google .
    2. Tap Menu Menu and then Customize.
    3. Choose topics to add or delete:
    • Add: At the top, tap Follow Topics.
    • Delete: Next to the topic, tap Remove Remove. If you don't see this option, you haven't followed any topics yet.

    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6237870?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

    It gets populated by things you searched or visited in chrome extra.

    I can see the topic sport, there's no remove option.

    I've de-selected the sports updates button, doesn't work.


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