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How do I delete Mac Dashboard widgets?On my iMac running Mac OS X i downloaded some widgets for the dashboard but i dont like 4 of them i wondered if you know how to delets them not just disable them? It's not as easy as it could be to delete widgets in Dashboard, I admit, but it's doable, at least for those widgets you have downloaded. First up, you need to get Dashboard running, which you can do easily by pressing f12 on your keyboard. It zooms into view and on the lower left there's a "+" button:  Once you've clicked on that, a strip appears on the bottom with all the widgets shown. That's not what you're interested in, however! Instead, notice that just to the left of the now-rotated "X" button is another button labeled "Manage Widgets...", as shown here:  Click on that and you'll see a new Dashboard widget ooze into visibility:  Now, scroll down to find the first of the four widgets you want to delete and you should see a small red circle adjacent, as appears adjacent to the Breakout game in my screenshot. Click on it and, surprise, you can actually delete the widget entirely:  If you're ready to eliminate the widget completely from your Dashboard environment and Macintosh, simply click on "OK" and *poof*, it's gone! While we're talking about it, also note the link "More Widgets..." and make sure you spend a few minutes clicking on it and checking out the extensive library Apple has assembled. There's lots of great stuff to dig up.
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(Article 7147,
Written by Dave Taylor)
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My dashboard is displaying three copies of the weather widget. How can I delete the extra ones and just keep one? Posted by: jonathan at December 21, 2007 10:57 AMthanks.... i finally get the chance to delete all the junks on my dashboard... and i also find out there are more stuffs on the dashboard.... cool... :) Posted by: tenny at June 4, 2008 4:17 AMHow i can connet Hot spot shield in my apple mac pro ? I needed to remove a widget and your advise was perfectly worded and I followed it and was sucessful thanks Posted by: John at November 21, 2008 10:44 PMThanks Dave for your useful information! However, you did not tell us what we can do to remove the Mac Dashboards widgets that were pre-installed and not downloaded from us... Thank you in advance for your answer! Posted by: LEONIDAS at March 29, 2009 8:26 AMGreat great help!!!! Thank you!! Posted by: Laura Hernandez at May 14, 2009 7:00 PMThanks for the information!! It was a great help. Posted by: Kendra at June 3, 2009 10:43 AMhi dave, could u please help me this dash board problem, i run the dashboard in my macbook, but could not exit. And it is taking lotta time to work in other program as well since the mac book is running. and the voice message is running whenever i use other programmes as well, could u please advice how to uninstall dashboard or quit dashboard Great help Dude, thanks, this resolved my trouble here. TDL Posted by: The Dark Lord at June 20, 2009 1:18 AMThis explanation did not work for me at all. Even the widgets I just downloaded don't have the delete button next to them. Perhaps this explanation is specific to a particular version of OS X? I'm running 10.4.11. Posted by: Kenneth at October 10, 2009 10:01 AMyo dave i NEED HELP i opened a video in my dash board and i cant get rid of it because it is invisible. CAN YOU HELP ME!!! Posted by: bob at November 8, 2009 2:46 PMthanks man that helped heaps Posted by: Grubby at January 7, 2010 5:18 PMThanks! Very helpful. You're a star. Posted by: danielle at January 13, 2010 9:59 AMThanks Dave! Your explanation is great, I followed it and did sort my problem on dashboard! Keep it up Doc.! Jessica Posted by: Jessica Lee at February 2, 2010 7:55 PMthnx helped so much!!! this game would always annoy me by making that stupid sound Posted by: vlad at March 5, 2010 9:26 AMTHE BEST AND FASTEST WAY IS HIT OR "OPTION" KEY ON My Hotspot Shield on my MAC has stopped working completely. I open it and all I get is Waiting for Server. Because I am in Saudi arabia I can not download anything but the Hotspot Shield on cnet.com. Any help with getting this working or getting a newer version that works its appreciated. Please contact me on my e-mial
Thank you so much. Your instructions were very easy to follow and accomplished exactly what I wanted! Posted by: Tish at February 21, 2011 8:40 AMi opened a video in dashboard and now i cannot find it to delete it. what do i do? thx. Posted by: JONATHAN COMTOIS at September 17, 2011 8:53 PMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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