Title: Remove Widgets
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Remove Widgets

 *  Resolved [workfromhomeme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workfromhomeme/)
 * (@workfromhomeme)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/)
 * I have been reading through the forums and checking Google but I can’t figure
   out how to remove the Widgets with Search, Links and Calender. I went into widgets
   and it shows that there are none in Sidebar 1 and Sidebar 2. At some point in
   time, I will probably want to put ads or Widgets but for now I just want them
   gone.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412413)
 * Try adding an empty Text widget to your sidebar(s).
 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412414)
 * Just add in the text code at your sidebar widgets and your ads should appear 
   by then
 *  Thread Starter [workfromhomeme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workfromhomeme/)
 * (@workfromhomeme)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412417)
 * Thanks for the suggestions..
 * I updated the page and put a Text widget with no text. It now shows a little 
   rectangle. It wouldn’t be so bad if the rectangle was white and matched that 
   page but it’s a bluish color and looks silly. Any other ideas? I don’t know CSS
   or any coding. If I put text in it there is still a blue background in the text
   box. Is there a way to make that box white instead?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412418)
 * What you were seeing previously was the sidebar’s default content when no widgets
   have been added. What you are seeing now is the theme’s default widget/sidebar
   styling. The former you can remove by editing the theme’s sidebar template file(
   s). The latter – by editing the theme’s CSS. Try using Firefox with the Firebug
   add-on for this kind of work.
    [http://getfirebug.com/](http://getfirebug.com/)
 *  Thread Starter [workfromhomeme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workfromhomeme/)
 * (@workfromhomeme)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412787)
 * Thanks! I have FireBug now. I ended up just changing my theme to one that didn’t
   do it.

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 * Last reply from: [workfromhomeme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workfromhomeme/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-widgets-1/#post-2412787)
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