Some themes have widgets written into them, most are coded so when a person selects their own widgets in the admin panel it overwrites the themes widgets but this is not always the case depending on the theme.
In iNove you want to edit the sidebar.php in a text editor like notepad.
By default it looks like:
<div id="centersidebar">
<!-- sidebar east START -->
<div id="eastsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('east_sidebar') ) : ?>
<!-- categories -->
<div class="widget widget_categories">
<h3>Categories</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=0&depth=1'); ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar east END -->
<!-- sidebar west START -->
<div id="westsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('west_sidebar') ) : ?>
<!-- archives -->
<div class="widget widget_archive">
<h3>Archives</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar west END -->
<div class="fixed"></div>
</div>
<!-- sidebar south START -->
<div id="southsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('south_sidebar') ) : ?>
<!-- meta -->
<div class="widget">
<h3>Meta</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_register(); ?>
<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar south END -->
</div>
You can remove the widgets by deleting them so it looks like:
<div id="centersidebar">
<!-- sidebar east START -->
<div id="eastsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('east_sidebar') ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar east END -->
<!-- sidebar west START -->
<div id="westsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('west_sidebar') ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar west END -->
<div class="fixed"></div>
</div>
<!-- sidebar south START -->
<div id="southsidebar" class="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('south_sidebar') ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!-- sidebar south END -->
</div>
Hope this helps
Nick