Hello, friends! In this article we will look at an interesting and useful feature that, of all browsers, first appeared in Yandex - this is the Zen feed.
Zen is a special service that offers news and publications from various sites that will be of interest to you. The list of posts is generated based on the history of the web browser. That is, Zen analyzes what sites you view and what information you are interested in. And when there is enough material for analysis, then the Zen feed will appear in the browser.
How to turn on the Zen feed
To start using it, you don’t need to install any third-party extensions or applications. Launch your browser and open a new tab. At the bottom of the page, immediately below the display, you will see the line “Yandex Zen”. Click on the “Enable” button in it.
You need to select at least 3 sources. Then click on the “Continue” button.
After this, when you open a new tab, Yandex Zen will be displayed below the display. To view it, click either on the line “your personal recommendations” or on the empty area of the top tile.
It is presented in blocks that contain the name of the source, the topic of the news, and a small fragment of text. If you are interested in a recommendation, click on it, and the article will open in a new tab, where you can read the entire text in detail.
After each page refresh or when you open a new tab, the recommendations here change.
To open the scoreboard again and close the feed, click on the up arrow on the left.
If, when you open a new tab, you do not have the “Yandex Zen” line at the bottom, and the feed itself is not displayed in the browser, then click on the three horizontal stripes in the upper right corner and select “Settings” from the menu.
On the settings page, in the “Appearance Settings” section, check the “Show Zen personal recommendations feed in a new tab” box.
Setting up Zen in Yandex browser
If Yandex.Zen started showing a lot of information in the feed that is not interesting to you, then you need to customize it a little.
At the bottom of each news tile there are two buttons: “Like” - thumbs up, and “Dislike” - thumbs down. If the material is interesting, click like, if not, dislike. The opinion will be taken into account in the future, the feed will be formed from the material (or similar to it) that you like.
Also, by clicking on the tile with the news and reading it in a separate tab, in the feed on this tile, after that, a small window with buttons will appear: “More of this” is the same Like, “Less of this” is Dislike, and “Block this source". When you click on the last button, the news that is posted on the site that has just been blocked will no longer be shown here. If you do not want to take any actions, click on the cross to close the window on the tile.
How to remove Zen from the browser
Now let's figure out how to remove it. There is nothing complicated about this. You just need to disable it in the browser settings itself.
Go to the settings page and in the “Appearance Settings” section, uncheck the “Show Zen personal recommendations feed in a new tab” field.
After that, when you open a new tab, the Zen feed will not be displayed under the scoreboard.
Zen on Android in Yandex browser
You can use it not only if the browser is installed on your computer. You can also view recommendations with interesting material on a phone or tablet with the iOS or Android operating system, if the Yandex browser is installed on the device.
To enable it on an Android device, go to your browser and at the bottom you will see “Yandex Zen - personal recommendations feed.” Swipe the page up with your finger.
After this, you will see the same message on the screen. Click on the “Try” button below.
Just like on a computer, you will be asked to choose which material interests you. Check the boxes for at least three sources and click Continue.
Now the news tiles will appear in the browser. You can view all the news offered by scrolling up the page.
If you liked the post, click on it and read the full text on the site where it was published. Tiles with the news that you read will turn light gray.
You can set up the Zen feed on your phone as follows. At the bottom of each tile on the right there are three horizontal dots, click on them.
If this function bothers you or, for example, you need to save traffic, then you can disable it in this web browser on Android.
To do this you need to open the menu. This can be done by pressing a button on the device, which opens a context menu. Then select “Settings” from it.
Turn on Yandex Zen in your Yandex browser and stay up to date with all the interesting news that is happening in the world. Well, if it gets in the way, you can always remove it.
Back in 2016, Yandex introduced a new personal recommendation service called “”. We discussed what it is in a separate article.
With the introduction of a new service, in which by default, a news feed and posts appeared on the start page. Many users didn't like this and decided to remove Zen from the browser, jokingly calling him "Jen".
In June 2017, publishing in Zen became available not only to large players in the IT market, but also to ordinary webmasters. Thanks to this, users’ feeds were filled with identical posts that had nothing to do with their interests, which further aggravated the problem.
Disabling Zen in Yandex browser
Based on this, you can remove Zen from FireFox only together with other Yandex services.
1. Go to the “Add-ons” section in the Mozilla browser and remove the “Visual Bookmarks” extension.
2. If you don’t want to say goodbye to all services from Yandex, but only need to disable Zen, then in a new tab, find the “Settings” button and click it.
3. In the side menu that opens, find and uncheck the item shown in the figure.
Removing "Zen" from Google Chrome
The Chrome browser is developed by Google, so “Jen” gets into it exclusively with third-party extensions, for example, Visual Bookmarks.
1. Open a new tab and click on the settings button.
2. Disable Zen in the menu that appears, as indicated in the screenshot.
You can completely get rid of it only related to Yandex.
How to prevent it from happening again
- “Zen” comes only with other Yandex services, so do not install add-ons from this company in your browser.
- Pay attention to additional software that is installed with a number of programs downloaded from the Internet. We came across such an example recently, in a review.
A program such as “Zen” has recently become available to all regular users of Yandex.Browser; it works on Windows and even on the Android operating system. She can determine your interests based on your browser queries and use them to look for interesting material for you. You will see such a feed on your updated browser tab.
What is Zen?
Zen is not a selection of editorial programs from developers. A person’s interests are determined in this way: the program launches an analysis and looks through the history of the entire browser, draws conclusions and searches the Internet for interesting materials that relate to your interests in the first place. Ultimately, all this is arranged into the final tape. All these processes are quite complex. The most interesting thing is that this program searches not only for interesting news based on your previous requests, but also for videos and pictures that you were looking for earlier, there is even Pikabu. The difference from the world-favorite Opera is that it searched only for RSS, while Yandex.Browser searches only for web pages based on queries and uses specially trained search engines for this purpose. Another interesting fact is that the program learns itself. If she learns more, her recommendations will become smarter and more useful. This also contains your help, since Zen provides the function of buttons for help, this is “more of this” or “less”, or you can completely block the site. If you are a new user of the Yandex browser, then you are given the opportunity to select your favorite sites, and then recommendations will come only from them. And in the future, the program itself will select sites for you, taking into account your activity on certain sources, and look at your behavior.
Since its release, the company has been trying to promote its service further and further, because, as they believe, it brings enough benefits to its users, giving them the opportunity to keep abreast of all the latest news in the world. Although, when the program was first created by the developers, its main task was to introduce and provide browser users with new, interesting sites, on which from time to time links popped up that were absolutely not suitable for it. And of course, users will not like this and they are trying to find information on how to disable this zen in the browser.
Among other things, Yandex has its own official website, and if you find it in your account, you will be offered different types of sites, this means that you do not yet have enough information for the program to work, which means you need to use the search more often.
How can I remove Yandex “Zen” from my computer browser?
If you want to remove Zen from your installed browser, all you need to do is open the settings, you need to left-click on the “Settings” icon in the corner. Find the line that says “Show Zen personal recommendations feed in new tab”, you will see a checkbox there by default, uncheck it.
If you want to completely get rid of this program so that it stops bothering you and selecting information for you and monitoring which sites you go to, then you just need to leave your Yandex account. You can simply uninstall and reinstall the application. And if you used it on a computer, then simply turn off this tab. You can remove all Yandex applications on your computer and then clean the registry or download the previous version.
How to disable an application on your phone
If you want to turn off Zen on your phone, then find the dots in the corner, there should be three of them. Click on “Settings”, turn on “Advanced”. Next you will find the “Display Zen Recommendations Feed” function.
Conclusion
In the end, I would like to say that this application can even be useful, because it helps to spend time on the Internet not only usefully, but also makes it much more interesting. Remember that the longer you have used the browser, the much better its options will work. The only problem remains is 
that Zen can sometimes be annoying, and especially sometimes very distracting if you urgently need to go online for business and don’t want to be distracted by some toys. It is also very difficult to remove from a PC, so Yandex may lose its users because of this application and move to competitors.
Of course, it’s too early to judge the benefits and harms, but Zen has definitely already gained its audience and can be popular among its regular users.
If you don’t yet know how to remove it from your laptop, then just go to your browser and uncheck the default box, or you can remove the Yandex browser from your computer. In general, you decide whether you need this development, if the function does not bother you a little and you, on the contrary, are happy with it, then use it, and if you are still tired of it, then simply disable it. You can turn on this application and use it at any time.
An article about the concept of Yandex. Zen, enabling or disabling the service.
Navigation
Yandex Zen, these are browser services for finding information.
Yandex tab. Zen
Possibilities:
- instant access to information
- in-depth search
- detailed, analytical, popular, news information
All information can be found at Zen Home Page– browser. Unlike the famous Yandex, the initial word in the search string, may be brief and incomplete, but the information will be provided in full, in different versions.
Yandex browser. Zen
Still, sometimes Yandex Zen may interfere with the user. Too much unnecessary information is fed into a search keyword.
Before we tell you in this article how to disable this browser, you should remember how to configure it.
Settings
Zen - browser provides an assessment of the material being sought. To do this, there are hints in the form of likes in each news window.
Setting scheme:
- click like, the system will show you more information on your question
- please select a site
Best offer when clicking like
- click dislike if you want less information to be shown or to block unnecessary sites
Inclusion
- Zen - the browser is installed by default complete with computer device.
Zen - the browser is installed by default in Yandex
- installation requires availability mailing address in Yandex
- installation takes place on a mobile phone or computer
Note: If you do not have mail, you should wait a little while the system collects data, then it will install automatically.
If there is no mailing address in Yandex, such a picture may appear temporarily
An identical browser is in Chrome. Development is still ongoing. Full inclusion in the work lies ahead.
Shutdown
Still, the browser Zen, involves some interference with the user’s personal data. After all, information for the user is provided only if they have a postal address or browser history.
Therefore, if you want to disable the service, the diagram is provided below.
Standard method
The method is to disable Zen by settings:
- enter the settings panel
- find the option “Appearance settings” (indicated by arrow)
Option “Yandex appearance settings” (indicated by arrows)
- disable the section “Show in Zen tab...”
The “Show in new Zen tab...” option should be disabled. The checkbox should be removed from the box opposite the option
- Zen - browser disabled
However, such a browser has prospects for the future. Can be used for advertising purposes for commercial organizations, active news and more.
The second way to refuse Zen- browser, this account deactivation V Yandex. We think the standard method is simpler and more accessible.
The choice to turn on the browser or not is yours!
Video: How to remove the news feed in Yandex. Zen?
Those users who have been using Yandex Browser on their mobile devices and PCs for a long time have probably already become familiar with the next innovation from Yandex called “Zen”. This service is designed to form the user’s news feed taking into account his specific preferences, but not all people liked this service. Considering the wealth of negative comments and negative ratings of the service, I decided to help users, and below I will tell you in detail how to disable Yandex.Zen from Yandex.Browser.
The technology used in the Yandex.Zen service is based on the use of artificial intelligence and is designed to provide the user with the content that he needs. The Yandex browser collects information about the user's preferences, and then, in accordance with this information, displays new materials at the very bottom of its window. I will tell you further about how to disable and remove Yandex Zen from the browser.
The user is invited to mark his preferred content by clicking on the “Like” button, and also to exclude the appearance of unwanted content in the future by clicking on “I don’t like.” In this way, the user helps the service form its own preference model, so that in the future the service can more accurately and congruently find material for a given person’s news feed.
How to remove Yandex Zen
As I mentioned above, not all users appreciate the benefits of the service from Yandex - Zen. Many people complain about the low quality of the material provided in the Zen feed, about the significant slowdown of the computer and the brakes when surfing the Internet after activating this service. According to user reviews, using this service brought them more problems than visible benefits, which is why many want to disable Zen from a computer or mobile device, but do not know how. Below I will tell you how to do this.
Disabling Zen from PC
You can see what disabling the Yandex Zen service looks like in the video:
For those users who use Yandex.Browser and have not yet noticed the actions of the Zen service, I hasten to warn you that the service does not turn on immediately, but only after collecting some information about the user’s preferences. Therefore, sooner or later, you will come across this functionality, and you will have to decide whether to leave it or disable it. Detailed instructions for enabling the service.
Removing Zen from mobile devices
You can also remove the described Zen service from mobile devices.
- To do this, just go to Yandex.Browser on our mobile device, press the button to go to settings (or the “Menu” button on the phone).
- Select "Settings", then "Advanced".
- And uncheck the menu item “Display Yandex.Zen recommendations feed.”
Conclusion
The Yandex.Zen service for computers and smartphones is just beginning to win its audience; its development, successes and achievements are yet to come. However, very often everything new meets fierce resistance from conservatives who want to maintain the existing status quo. I recommend that such people take a closer look at Zen, but if they absolutely don’t like the service, then use the above tips and turn off Zen forever. Or for a while.
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