Title: Removing Widget Sidebar
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Removing Widget Sidebar

 *  [MewDragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mewdragon/)
 * (@mewdragon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I’ve been trying to figure out how to remove the sidebar widget area from my 
   site.
 * [http://sharlawhalen.com](http://sharlawhalen.com)
 * If you scroll down you can see that the meta area and categories are there. I
   have no widgets installed, obviously, and would like to remove what’s left.
 * Thanks for any help, it will be appreciated.

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887369)
 * best way way is to use a template file with no sidebars some themes do have one
   but you do not have one then you can create one there are instruction here.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates)
 *  Thread Starter [MewDragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mewdragon/)
 * (@mewdragon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887377)
 * Regrettably I do not have the coding experience with which to create one.
 * Would you advise trying to find wherever the sidebars are in the template’s code,
   and try removing it like that?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887382)
 * Click Appearance and editor and right you will see index.php click on it and 
   you will code in editor.
 * scroll all way down you will see `<?php get_sidebar(); ?>`
 * keep copy of code just in case you need add it back and delete the code and save.
 * check if that took the sidebars out.
 *  Thread Starter [MewDragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mewdragon/)
 * (@mewdragon)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887417)
 * that did the trick, thanks very much.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887447)
 * You are welcome if you want to add sidebars all you will need to do is that code
   back.
 *  [tsg97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsg97/)
 * (@tsg97)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887457)
 * I was having the same problem.
 * Thanks for the info!
 * [Tej](http://marketing-small-businesses.com/blog)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [tsg97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsg97/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-widget-sidebar/#post-1887457)
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