Remove a widget with the customizer, iPhone 6+

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The goal is to remove a widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. from the hamburger accessed sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. menu in Twenty Fifteen.

: Start on front page. Tap the hamburger icon to open the menu and expose widgets.

: Widgets exposed. Scroll down.

: I don’t need a categories widget on this site. Let’s get rid of it. Scroll back up to the toolbar.

: Tap the dashboard icon in the toolbar.

: Tap Customize.

: Tap Widgets.

: Tap Widget Area.

: Tap Categories.

: Scroll down to get to the remove link.

: Oops. I accidentally moved the widget. I do this all the time. Since I’m removing it anway, I won’t bother putting it back where it was. Tap Remove.

: The Categories widget is removed. Tap Preview.

: Tap the hamburger to view the widget sidebar.

: Scroll down to verify Categories is gone.

: It is gone. Tap Save & Publish.

: Tap the back arrow to get out of the customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings..

: Arrow changes to an X. This is pretty subtle when you’re in preview instead of customize mode. Tap X.

: Land back on the front page.

Notes:

When in preview mode, the stacked nav of widgets is pretty subtle. There is no transition other than < changing to X.

I accidentally move widgets when swiping to scroll all the time. I’ve taken to very carefully swiping along the edges to avoid the widget headers, similar to what I have to do in the post editor. I notice there’s a Reorder button at the bottom of the widgets panel. Should widget rearrangement be confined to it?

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