Widgets

[IndyJ]

What is the purpose of widgets? Is it possible to delete them (or disable them like the apps) so that they do not show up on my HP 7" Slate tablet? (I am not talking about widgets on my home screen or ones I downloaded, but the ones that come loaded under the widgets tab when you hit the "all apps" button.)

[banhien]

Hi,

Which type of machine are you talking about ? I hate widgets, gadgets ... The following link is for Android:

   http://www.androidcentral.com/android-101-how-add-and-remove-widgets

Regards.

[smkranz]

Widgets are small bits of possibly useful info which are intended to sit on your home screen, and provide a quick glance into the app.   they come in different sizes so you can use the one you like best, if u want.  If you don't want, just tap & hold it, and drag it to the to of the screen to the Remove X mark.

You can also go into the Play Store settings to disable downloading Widgets. 

[IndyJ]

Thanks for the link. I will try its instructions to see if it works on my tablet (sorry, I realilzed afterward that I forgot to indicate which device I had: a HP 7" Slate). Does this new information change the approach?

[IndyJ]

Thanks for the information. The widgets to which I am referring are not on my home screen, nor are they ones that I downloaded, but the pre-loaded ones that came with the device and that appear under the widgets tab when you hit the "all apps" button.

[smkranz · Accepted solution]

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@IndyJ wrote:

Thanks for the information. The widgets to which I am referring are not on my home screen, nor are they ones that I downloaded, but the pre-loaded ones that came with the device and that appear under the widgets tab when you hit the "all apps" button.

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I don't know that you can either delete or mask them.  Maybe there's an app... 

[IndyJ]

Thanks again. Yeah, I agree; maybe nothing I can do. I just like a clean slate (pun intended) without a lot of extra stuff in which I am not interested.