{"id":172240,"date":"2021-06-11T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=172240"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:04:25","slug":"how-to-remove-widgets-from-your-uc-browser-windows-in-4-easy-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-remove-widgets-from-your-uc-browser-windows-in-4-easy-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Widgets from your UC Browser Windows in 4 Easy Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>widget<\/strong> on your phone\u2019s home screen or your computer desktop using <a href=\"https:\/\/uc-browser.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UC Browser<\/a> is a useful little piece of code. It gets information from an app or lets you use part of an app without opening it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But too many widgets clutter your desktop or eat into your phone\u2019s battery life. So how do you get rid of them? We&#8217;ll show you for Windows and other platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"howto_container schema-howto-acf-block\"><ol><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Removing a widget from a Windows desktop<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Remove-Widgets-from-UC-Browser-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Remove Widgets from UC Browser\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\"><p>Right-click the widget and choose Close Gadget on the menu. Or hover your mouse cursor over the widget. When you see its Option Menu appear, click the x at the top.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Removing a widget from a Mac desktop<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Remove-Widgets-from-UC-Browser-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Remove Widgets from UC Browser\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\"><p>Hover your mouse on Dock at the bottom of your screen. Click Applications. Select Dashboard. Click the + icon on the bottom left of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the widget you want to remove and hold. Click on the x in the circle at the top of the widget icon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Removing a Widget From an Android Home Screen<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Remove-Widgets-from-UC-Browser-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Remove Widgets from UC Browser\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On your phone\u2019s home screen, press the widget you don\u2019t want until a <\/span>Remove<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> notification appears. Drag the widget up to the top of the screen until it turns red, and then release it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On some Android devices, you might have to drag the widget to the bottom of your home screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Removing a widget from an iPhone home screen<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Remove-Widgets-from-UC-Browser-4.jpg\" alt=\"How to Remove Widgets from UC Browser\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap and hold onto the <\/span>widget<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you want to remove to show your options. Choose<\/span> Remove Widget<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re in home screen editing mode, tap the top left corner of the <\/span>widget<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Select <\/span>Remove<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to delete it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.howto_container {\n\t  margin: 0 auto;\n\t}\n\t.howto_container img {\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\n\t}\n\t\n\t\t  .howto_container h2 {\n\t\t\t  clear: none !important;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t  .howto_container ol {\n\t\t\t  list-style: none !important;\n\t\t  }\t\n\t.howto_container ol li::before {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff !important;\n\t\tbackground:#0073aa !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why You Should Not Use Too Many Widgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Widgets<\/strong> are useful when you want information or want to use some features of an app without opening it. A calendar widget is a good example. But you can have too many. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They can clutter your desktop and shorten your phone\u2019s battery life as they update often. Removing a widget does not remove the app. If you don\u2019t want it, you must uninstall it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A widget on your phone\u2019s home screen or your computer desktop using UC Browser is a useful little piece of code. It gets information from an app or lets you use part of an app without opening it. But too many widgets clutter your desktop or eat into your phone\u2019s battery life. So how do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-remove-widgets-from-your-uc-browser-windows-in-4-easy-ways\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Remove Widgets from your UC Browser Windows in 4 Easy Ways&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":174046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":25},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2527],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-172240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionuc-browser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324710,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172240\/revisions\/324710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172240"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=172240"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=172240"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=172240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}