Title: Hide Certain Sidebar Widgets
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hide Certain Sidebar Widgets

 *  [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * (@mpkeith)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/)
 * I’m trying to remove some widgets from my sidebar but can’t find any options 
   to do this. When I go to the widgets cp, there is nothing sitting in the sidebar.
   I don’t want to delete them, though, in case I want to use them later. The ones
   I want to remove are archives, calendar, tags, and blogroll. I am using Modern
   Style theme by FlexiThemes. Thanks ahead of time for any help!

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 *  [keysuuh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keysuuh/)
 * (@keysuuh)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799311)
 * I think you just drag and drop the undesired widget back to the bottom section“
   Inactive Widgets”
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799317)
 * In appearance widgets you see that side bar does not have anything as soon as
   you drag one, the ones that are set as default will not show but they still will
   there on left for you to drag them in sidebar so that you can use in future.
 *  Thread Starter [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * (@mpkeith)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799320)
 * The problem is that there aren’t any there to drag out… the sidebar box is completely
   empty but archives, calendar, tags, blogroll, etc are all showing up on the blog.
   Not sure how to remove them if I can’t drag them out in the widgets control panel.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799326)
 * Do you any widgets on left hand big box drag any one you want on sidebar that
   is empty on right.
 *  Thread Starter [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * (@mpkeith)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799327)
 * I want to remove them from the sidebar, not put them in the sidebar.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799329)
 * they will not be there when you drag one over example just drag search widget
   over to right and go to your page you will only see search widget there you will
   not see the ones that were there.
 *  Thread Starter [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * (@mpkeith)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799330)
 * Ok, I found the file I can delete them from directly… sidebar.php which is in
   the appearance>editor control panel. I saved a backup of the original file and
   deleted the widgets I don’t want and it’s working.
 *  Thread Starter [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * (@mpkeith)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799331)
 * Oh, I see what you’re saying… that’s much easier 😀
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [mpkeith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpkeith/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-sidebar-widgets/#post-1799331)
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