Title: Removing/disabling widget javascript?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Removing/disabling widget javascript?

 *  [emanuel-sferios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emanuel-sferios/)
 * (@emanuel-sferios)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removingdisabling-widget-javascript/)
 * Hi. I’m trying to optimize my site. Whenever I do a speed test there is one file
   that takes longer than anything else. It is this file:
 * [http://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js](http://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js)
 * Is this this js file necessary to run the plugin? (I don’t even use the sidebar
   widget, just on my posts directly.) Is there a way I can disable or remove this
   so it speeds up my site?
 * And just to reiterate, I use a lot of plugins. It’s a very full-featured site,
   and this one single file almost doubles the page load time.
 * Thanks!
    Emanuel
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 * Last reply from: [emanuel-sferios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emanuel-sferios/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removingdisabling-widget-javascript/)
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