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How to add and remove Widgets from your Android home screen

Android

This brief tutorial will show you how to add and/or remove Widgets to/from your Android home screen.

  1. On your Android home screen, tap any blank or “empty” area and hold down your finger.
  2. An Add to Home screen window will pop up. From that window, tap Widgets.
  3. You’ll be presented with a list of all the installed Widgets on your Android device. Select the one you want to add to your home screen by tapping it. In this example, I’ll be adding the Calendar widget.
  4. Now the widget will appear on your home screen. Tap the widget and hold down your finger again – this time you can “drag” it to the location on the screen you want it to reside.
  5. Should you decide you want to remove the widget from your home screen, tap it and hold your finger down. You’ll notice that the “slider” that normally brings up all of your installed programs turns into a “Trash can”.
  6. Drag the widget to that trash can. Both the widget and the trash can will turn red. At this point, let go of the widget (release your finger). That will “drop” it in the trash. Note: this does not actually uninstall the widget. It just removes it from your home screen. Should you ever decide to add it again, it will be there waiting for you.
  7. That’s it – the widget has been removed from your home screen.

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  1. Dan says

    Thanks for this. Was exactly what I needed :)

  2. Mike says

    THANKYOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I had accidently opened up 3 coorpret calenders one on each screen and I didn’t even have an account! You saved my droid experience

  3. Debbie says

    Just what I needed too. You saved me a long hold on tech support!

  4. Marita says

    OH thank you! this was a big help too! :)

  5. Matt says

    I feel stupid for not figuring this out on my own



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