[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "i%20use%20apple%20news%20on%20my%20iPhone%20which%20I%20pay%20for.%20among%20the%20articles%20it%20presents%20are%20many%20articles%20about%20food%20and%20cooking.%20I%20don%27t%20want%20any%20news%20articles%20on%20food%20and%20cooking.%20is%20there%20a%20setting%20I%20can%20set%20to%20tell%20apple%20news%20not%20to%20present%20articles%20on%20that%20subject%3F"
    },
    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Yes \u2014 there *is* a way to tell Apple News that you don\u2019t want to see stories about certain topics (like food/cooking), as well as block specific channels. The app provides tools to block topics or channels, suggest fewer stories like others you dislike, and restrict stories in the Today feed. I\u2019ll walk through the options below, and which ones might not work perfectly so you know what to expect.\n\n---\n\n## \ud83d\udc4d What you *can* do\n\n### 1. Block a **topic** (such as Food or Cooking)\n\n- Open the **Apple News** app and go to the **Search** tab.  \n- Type in the topic you want to avoid (e.g. \u201cFood\u201d, \u201cCooking\u201d).  \n- Tap the topic when it shows up in search results.  \n- Tap the **More Actions** button (often three dots \u201c...\u201d) and choose **Block Topic**.  \n([support.apple.com](https://support.apple.com/en-euro/101574?utm_source=openai))\n\nOnce you do that, stories tagged with that topic you\u2019ve blocked should stop appearing in most parts of the News app.  \n([support.apple.com](https://support.apple.com/en-euro/101574?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n### 2. Block a **channel** (publication/source)\n\n- Find a story in Apple News from a publication you *don\u2019t* want to see.  \n- Tap the three-dots menu or More Actions for that story.  \n- Select **Block Channel**.  \n([idownloadblog.com](https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/05/16/how-to-block-a-news-source-in-apple-news-on-iphone-ipad-and-mac/?utm_source=openai))\n\nThis will hide stories from that publication throughout the app (except possibly in editor-curated or \u201cTop Stories\u201d sections \u2013 more on that below).  \n([appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/how-to-block-channels-in-apple-news---and-try-keeping-them-blocked?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n### 3. Suggest Less Like a Story\n\nIf you see a story you dislike:\n\n- Tap the three dots / More Actions.  \n- Choose **Suggest Less Like This**.  \n- This helps train the algorithm to avoid showing similar content.  \n([appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/07/13/how-to-customize-your-own-apple-news-personal-feed?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n### 4. Restrict the \u201cToday\u201d feed to only what you follow\n\nIf you turn this on, you\u2019ll mostly see stories from topics or channels **you have explicitly chosen to follow**, and see *fewer or none* from ones you haven\u2019t. It helps reduce unwanted topics overall.\n\n- Go to your **iPhone\u2019s Settings** \u2192 **News**\n- Find **Restrict Stories in Today** and enable it.  \n([appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/how-to-block-channels-in-apple-news---and-try-keeping-them-blocked?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n## \u26a0\ufe0f What might *not* be perfect\n\n- Even after blocking a topic or channel, you might still see *headline placeholders* from that topic in sections like **Top Stories** or other editor-curated feeds. Apple still uses them for editorial purposes.  \n([support.apple.com](https://support.apple.com/en-euro/101574?utm_source=openai))\n\n- Blocking everything doesn\u2019t always happen immediately. Sometimes Apple News still shows content from blocked sources in certain feeds.  \n([appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/how-to-block-channels-in-apple-news---and-try-keeping-them-blocked?utm_source=openai))\n\n- Enabling **Restrict Stories in Today** is pretty blunt; once it\u2019s on, the Today feed may become quite limited if you haven\u2019t followed many topics or channels.  \n([appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/02/how-to-block-channels-in-apple-news---and-try-keeping-them-blocked?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n## \u2705 What I\u2019d recommend you try first (step-by-step)\n\n1. In Apple News, search for \u201cFood\u201d (or \u201cCooking\u201d). Block that topic using More Actions.  \n2. Find a few food-related channels or publications that show up often (e.g. magazines, recipe sites) and block those channels.  \n3. For stories you see that are about food that slipped through, tap More Actions \u2192 Suggest Less Like This.  \n4. Go to **Settings \u2192 News** on your iPhone, and turn on **Restrict Stories in Today** to limit what appears there.  \n\nIf you try all that, you should notice a significant drop in food- and cooking-related articles.\n\n---\n\nIf you like, I can walk you through specifically blocking the \u201cApple News+ Food\u201d section (if that\u2019s showing up for you), since that\u2019s a newer feature added in iOS 18.4 and may need its own steps. Do you want me to explain that too?"
    }
]