Comments on: Dashboard – quick delete of Widgets

By: c0nd3mn3d

c0nd3mn3d — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:42:34 +0000

i’m not sure if the op will see this, but why wouldn’t i instead “Just press the Alt/Option key and scroll over any widget?”

i really don’t need to “go ahead” and press anything… i just need to press … i’m pretty sure that’d get the job done.

By: calmstillflat

calmstillflat — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:12:38 +0000

If you want to actually delete the widgets from your mac, they are stored here:

Macintosh HD / Library / Widgets

Just navigate to that folder in finder and right-click on widget(s) you don’t want and do ‘move to trash’; you might have to type in your password.

Had to do this to get rid of the widget that was installed for my USB battery charger, which was causing kernel panic.

By: lipingacai

lipingacai — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:35:48 +0000

I had a webclip on the dashboard. Then I “soft” removed it from the display using option button, but not shift+option button. S it was not permanently deleted. I am sure it is floating somewhere in the system. Where can I find it and permanently delete it? It is not in the widget folder.

Tks.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:41:44 +0000

AMAZING!!!!! THANK-YOU!!!!

By: hussin

hussin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:35:04 +0000

thanks! i know it’s simple but i didnt know how to do it in the 1st palce. so helpful

By: Matt S

Matt S — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:41:41 +0000

THANK YOU!!!! New mac guy here and figured out how to get a widget onto the desktop and not in the dashboard, but then couldn’t get rid of them if I didn’t like! Thanks so much for the tid-bit, loved it.

By: Joseph Crawford

Joseph Crawford — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:02:01 +0000

This is great, I had some google widgets that were stuck there even after removing the google app and this worked great to remove them

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:31:12 +0000

BTW.. If you want this removal to go in Super-Slow-Mo. Hold Shift | Option, and click the X.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:29:51 +0000

Yeah… This is NO delete. Just removes it from you current DISPLAYED Dashboard Widgets.

Would be nice if there was a Quick Delete…

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:05:35 +0000

I’m a new mac user, and new to this page – and one of the top things i was trying to figure out how to do. Thanks for repost!