Title: Removing “Meta” section
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Removing “Meta” section

 *  Resolved [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * (@thomasmind)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/)
 * I want to remove the “Meta” section on the right-hand side of my blog. I searched
   the help topics for an article on how to do this. I found one & tried what it
   said to do. It said to find the Edit index.php page. I did that. Then it said
   to remove the <li id=”meta”> lines. I didn’t find these exact lines, but I did
   find lines that had “meta” in it. I removed those lines. I think I’ve made a 
   big mistake! The “Meta” section is still on my blog, and I have no idea what 
   I removed. I have 2 questions:
 * 1) How can I remove the “Meta” links on my blog (I am using the Default presentation
   style, if that makes any difference)
 * 2) How can I undo the edit I made to the Index.php thing
 * I AM VERY NEW TO THIS — which I’m sure is obvious. Please help with very simple
   directions. Thank you very much!

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496030)
 * Open sidebar.php and look for something similar to:
    `<li><h2>Meta</h2> <ul> 
   <?php wp_register(); ?> <li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li> <li><a href="http://
   validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional"
   >Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li
   > <li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</
   abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress,
   state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li> <?
   php wp_meta(); ?> </ul> </li>`
 * Either comment it out or remove it.
    Please backup 1st…and restore whatever file
   you messed with.
 *  Thread Starter [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * (@thomasmind)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496034)
 * Thank you very much! I do not know where to find sidebar.php, but I will diligently
   look for it before asking for help with this.
 * Can you tell me how to restore the file I missed with? I have no idea how to 
   do that. I’d appreciate help with this.
 *  Thread Starter [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * (@thomasmind)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496035)
 * Found sidebar.php easily — thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * (@thomasmind)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496036)
 * The Meta remedy worked. Thank you! You have no idea how good it feels to be able
   to learn how to do some of these things. As a newbie, I feel so dumb at times.
   I appreciate the help.
 *  Thread Starter [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * (@thomasmind)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496155)
 * No response — I’ll post a comment in the Template section asking for the codes.
   Thanks for the help you’ve given!

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 * Last reply from: [thomasmind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasmind/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-meta-section/#post-496155)
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