The network closed on April 1, 2022,[1] with its content shifting to Disney Channel and Disney+.

[2][3][4] The channel was launched on November 8, 1996, as Fox Kids, originally owned by Fox Kids Worldwide Inc.,[5] a joint venture of Saban Entertainment and News Corporation.

[7] On July 24, 2001, FKW was sold to The Walt Disney Company for US$5.3 billion.

In August 2016, the channel moved to a full-time widescreen presentation, launching high-definition operations in each territory when technically able to.

Disney XD Latin America was split into three feeds across the region.