Title: remove sidebars from Post Editor
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# remove sidebars from Post Editor

 *  Resolved [brvce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brvce/)
 * (@brvce)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/)
 * Hi – The plugin now adds all my sidebars to the Post Editing screen.
 * How do I remove this? It’s a lot of clutter that I would rather not have. Please
   do not direct me to the screen options section, I feel the plugin should not 
   be adding elements that we do not want.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-aware-sidebars/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-aware-sidebars/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/#post-7694889)
 * I completely agree that plugins in general should not add elements to other screens,
   which is also the main reason the feature didn’t come before now.
    That said,
   I keep testing how to make sidebar management easier for the users.
 * Currently you can only hide the box in the Screen options section, but I will
   make it possible to remove it entirely in the next release. Hopefully that will
   be out next week.
 * Can I ask how many sidebars you see in the box? It should only be sidebars created
   by the theme.
 *  Thread Starter [brvce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brvce/)
 * (@brvce)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/#post-7694893)
 * Off the top of my head around 40. We’re a big site with 140 writers.
 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/#post-8139983)
 * Are those 40 sidebars all created by the theme, or do you use another sidebar
   manager in addition to Content Aware Sidebars?
 * In the next version, only 3 sidebars will be shown in the box by default, and
   the user can then expand it to show more. You will also be able to remove the
   box entirely with a script.
 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/#post-8160270)
 * In version 3.3.1 you can use this code in your functions.php file to remove the
   sidebars meta box:
 * `remove_action("admin_init",array("CAS_Post_Type_Sidebar","initiate"));`

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 * Last reply from: [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sidebars-from-post-editor/#post-8160270)
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