Follow and unfollow channels and topics in News on Mac
You can follow your favorite publications (called channels) and topics (such as sports or travel) in Apple News. Channels and topics you follow are listed in the sidebar, and their stories appear more often in Today and other feeds. If you change your mind later, it’s easy to unfollow them.
When you follow channels and topics, Apple News better understands your interests and can recommend stories that more closely match them.
Follow channels or topics
In the News app on your Mac, do any of the following:
At the bottom of the sidebar (if you don’t see it, click in the toolbar), click Discover Channels & Topics (or choose the command from the File menu). When you see a channel or topic you want to follow, click its Follow icon .
In the sidebar, move the pointer over a suggested channel or topic, then click the Follow icon that appears.
In the Today feed, click the Follow icon next to a topic group, such as Sports or Technology.
If you’re looking at the stories for a topic, choose File > Follow Topic.
If you’re reading a story, choose File > Follow Channel.
If you don’t see the channel, topic, or story you wanted, you can search Apple News for it and follow it from the search results.
You can set an option in News preferences for Today and other feeds to show only stories from the channels you follow.
Rearrange the items you follow in the sidebar
In the News app on your Mac, click Edit in the sidebar (if you don’t see the sidebar, click in the toolbar).
Next to a channel or topic, click the Reorder button , then drag the channel or topic up or down to a different location.
When you’re ready, click Done.
Unfollow channels or topics
In the News app on your Mac, do any of the following:
In the sidebar (if you don’t see it, click in the toolbar), click Edit, click the Remove button for a channel or topic you want to unfollow, click Remove, then click Done.
If you’re looking at the stories for, or reading a story from, a channel you want to unfollow, choose File > Follow Channel (the checkmark is removed).
If you’re looking at the stories for a topic you want to unfollow, choose File > Follow Topic (the checkmark is removed).
To access channels and topics that you follow on your other devices, sign in to iCloud on each device using the same Apple ID and turn on iCloud for News.