Is there a way to delete the Apple News app in Big Sur?

[bogdanw]

I don't want my preteen kids finding and launching the News app

Unfortunately, Apple has depreciated blacklisting apps with ParentalControls
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/parentalcontrolsapplicationrestrictions
You can block News from launching with Santa, example here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/terminal-for-dummies.2352379/post-32144947
Let me know if something is not clear.

 

[Sciuriware]

I found this thread also hoping to find a way to delete the News app. I see some members just saying hide it or don't use it, my problem is I recently decided to use my old iMac as our family computer and I don't want my preteen kids finding and launching the News app reading about some mass shooting or all the other crazy stuff in today's news. This wasn't very well thought out by Apple (or maybe it was .

I know it's just a kludge, but I wrote my own stage manager decades ago and recently I added a function
that deletes all 'news' every hour.
Yes, ....

;JOOP!