I often encounter this question, so I thought I’d write up a quick post on how to delete a gadget in iGoogle.
There are two ways.
Each gadget has a two icons in the top right corner of the title bar. Clicking the “arrow” icon on the left reveals a dropdown menu with ‘Delete this gadget’ as an option among others, which I will explain at some later date.
The second way to delete a gadget is by editing the Tab to which the gadget belongs. This is sometimes the only way to delete a gadget…gadgets with an apostrophe in their title break the dropdown menu mentioned in the first option. Anyhow, each tab has a similar arrow icon that reveals a dropdown menu when clicked. From there, choose ‘Edit this tab’ which will pull up a page where you can delete the gadgets on that tab.
May 11th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I tried both ways listed above. After I deleted and refreshed my home page they were there again. I also tried to go into preferences and clicked home page to make the current page without the gadgets I just deleted as my new home page and nothing happened. Please help.
Thank you. Melanie
May 11th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I tried both ways listed above. After I deleted and refreshed my home page they were there again. I also tried to go into preferences and clicked home page to make the current page without the gadgets I just deleted as my new home page and nothing happened. Please help.
Thank you. Melanie
BTW, I may have sent this twice!!!
August 21st, 2009 at 12:33 am
i am going crazy HELP ME DELETE ALL THESE GADGET PLZ I CANT DOIT U SAY HOW TO DELETE BUT IT DOES NOT WORK MELANIE IS RIGHT HELP AND IF YOU CANT DELETE HOW DO I WIPE OUT MY IGOOGLE ACOUNT TO TRANSFER TO http://WWW.BING.COM
August 26th, 2009 at 7:04 am
I tried the first way to delete gadgets, then I close the window and opened it again. That seemed to do the trick.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I tried both ways as well, neither works. I’m going back to the good old BBC homepage. Stuff iGoogle.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:36 am
I just switched to msn as my home page and the gadgets were gone!
October 28th, 2009 at 1:51 am
I have a Mac. There are no icons for either scenario 1 or 2. What do I do?
Also, three gadgets are empty boxes. What do I do get them back to normal?
Thanks!
Mattie
November 12th, 2009 at 8:19 am
I COUKDN’T DO EITHER BECAUSE WHENEVER O GO ON MY IGOOGLE, CHUCK NORRIS JOKES SPAM ME, AND WHEN I CAN GET BACK TO MY IGOOGLE, IT SPAMS AGAIN! ON THE SAME OPEN WINDOW TO!!! AND IT DOESN’T GIVE MEENOUGH TIME TO DELETE IT!!!! IT GIVES ME 1 SECOND! HELP!!!!
December 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Your instructions work great to delete gadgets in a session. Now how do I permanetly delete the gadgets from my igoogle page or permanetly delete the entire igoogle setting to start over and hopefully not add so many annoying and duplicate gadgets. Thanks, I appreciate your time and assistance.
December 11th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
ughhhhh i added a chuck norris gadget and now it wont let me delete it bcuz it doesnt give me time 2 do it it goes straight to the chuck norris fact…
plzzzzzz help me!
December 13th, 2009 at 8:11 am
how do get this stupid chuck norris off
my entire screen. you don’t know what else to do
December 21st, 2009 at 8:32 am
omg I thought I was the only one with the chuck norris fact problem!! google needs to delete that one altogether. redirects me out of google every time!!
December 25th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
omg. the chuck norris this is driving me crazy. i dont know how to get rid of it. i tried to delete it but i dont have enough time to do it. and i cant get it off. someone please help me before i go insane!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Yeah I am so frustrated wit the stupid Chuck Norris thing! Ugh. I went to the settings and deleted it but it won’t go away. And it doesn’t give enough time to delete it off the iGoogle page. Anyway I can get it off or delete all the apps and start over!?
December 29th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I even “deleted” it off my iGoogle page when I had enough time and it didn’t work… Please, do you know how to fix this?
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I went to another computer, opened a clean igoogle page, opened the edit gadget tab, then e-mailed the hyperlink to myself. Back to my computer, opened the e-mail and clicked the link - was finally able to open the edit page and delete the Chuck Norris gadget.
January 9th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I recommend Google create a one stop delete ALL gadgets on IGoogle. For instance just place the selection in menu, “Delete all gadget from your IGoogle page” with the standard click option, then a red X could appear to close off all gadgets at once permanently. I also do not like the “share with friends” selection that come with automatic checks to all this gadget—-
Before you begin to think I do not appreciate you let me sat having the option of creating my own homepage to open my favorites is a fantastic idea. Thank you!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
These FUCKIN GADGETS WON’T DELETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Um…I’m so stupid, I added a bunch of apps to igoogle, and now it takes forever to load…. don’t make that mistake.
March 6th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I have attempted everything suggested above. I cannot get the gadgets deleted. So how do we fix this?
May 6th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Hello post author! Can I, take images from your webpage for my school project?
October 19th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
!!!!!!!!!!!I HATE THESE STUPID GADGETS HOW THE HECK DU U REMOVE THEM FOR EVER!!!!!!!!
November 4th, 2010 at 3:40 am
YOU SAY `Each gadget has a two icons in the top right corner of the title bar` NONE OF MINE DO i ADDED gadgets they to don`t have any + or - boxes. neither does home have a drop down tab??. I am able to restore to igoogle page but this too has now right hand boxes etc.?
December 5th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
I am ready to get rid of iGoogle. I have deleted items on my To Do List and they reappear even when I have shut down my computer and restarted it. I cannot delete the entire because the two icons on the right top corner have disappeared. Very frustrating.
December 6th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I know how to delete a gadget u go on setting on the upper right corner click on igoogle settinqs and then ur done
Puro Urireo a la verga con el resto
December 6th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
And if ur goin to say shit about me go ahead ill put mi Bloodz on u ESE Gengis
December 15th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Is is simple just delete your site or what ever and start over. Removing a gadget seems to be a major under taking. The answers are confusing. Thats what I did and I will never use another gadget again from google. Have you ever noticed how confusing the answers are from google its a pain in the ass.
December 23rd, 2010 at 2:12 am
Sad. Google programmers have sunk to the level of Microsoft programmers. I had hoped the reverse would have happened. Not to be.
January 1st, 2011 at 11:42 am
How can I delete a the tv guide gadget on iGoogle when I can’t do anything on the page because of the continual stack overflow message. I’ve unchecked debugging, restarted my computer, and still I get the message and am not able to do anything on this page.
January 1st, 2011 at 11:59 am
I turned off my computer and restarted on a general search page and found an easy way to permanently delete gadgets - and it worked. I needed to delete the tv guide gadget at others said was causing the constant stack overflow message. Just sign into your google.com account, click upper right of page, “settings” then “google account settings.” Beside “iGoogle” click “settings,” and delete what you don’t want - then SAVE
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:01 am
I deleted igoogle to get rid of my gadgets, then returned and re-established igoogle to start over–now I can’t even get rid of gmail, cnn, and youtube which Google is forcing on me…I quit!
January 8th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Long time I try to remove gadgets created just as a test, but could not. The solution I found to not leave links to add the link was lost in the igoogle gadget editor and add new content. It worked well, but there are two others I can not do the same procedure, changes the directory to save the moment.
April 5th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
There is also another way to remove the gadgets from your homepage. You click on the “options” button in the upper right corner (it will show a picture of a little gear thing) then click on “iGoogle settings” and scroll down a bit until you see a list of all of your gadgets. Right beside each of them, there is a button that says “delete”. Click on it, and a window will pop up, asking you “Are you sure you want to delete this gadget?” Click yes, then scroll all the way down and click “Save Changes” in the bottom right corner. If that doesn’t work, go to Google Chrome (if you have it) and your iGoogle will function normally. Fix all the problems needed, and then return to your old internet browser. (example: Firefox, Internet Explorer, ect…) Your page should be as you left it on Google Chrome.
If that doesn’t work, I don’t know what your problem is haha
April 8th, 2011 at 9:56 am
I had the same problem, though. It was annoying…
May 23rd, 2011 at 4:22 pm
how to delete a gadget,try,try and tryed again. folled instructions and still there. also why do i need to sign in every time i open google,maybe switch from google to another browser.
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:23 pm
To; GOOGLE
I had a customized home page. This morning I had to turn off the computer quickly instead of shutting it down properly. When I rebouted my Google home page was gone and another one instead.
I would like to retreave my home page or if not I would like a Google blank home page so that I may customize, or a way to delete all the gadgets at on time that are on this page that I have now and redo.
Thanks, Bud
May 30th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Unable to delete a gadget from your iGoogle page?
If a gadget has malfunctioned and you’re having trouble deleting it on your iGoogle page, you can delete gadgets from the iGoogle Settings page by following these steps:
1.Go to http://www.google.com/ig/settings.
2.In the ‘Content’ section, select the tab that contains the gadget you want to delete.
3.Next to the gadget’s name, click Delete.
4.Click OK to confirm.
June 17th, 2011 at 6:08 am
I Uninstalled and reinstalled Google Chrome but the gadgets came back.(maybe someone else who uses this computer brought them back).
1. So I set my home page to Classic (didn’t want iGoogle)
2. Copied the address from the dialog box at the top of the screen
3 Selected the wrench in the upper right hand corner of the screen
4. Selected options, then basics
5. Next to On Startup selected Open the following page and pasted the address I had copied (for Google Classic)
6. next to Home Page selected Open this page and pasted again the address for Google Classic
7. Restarted the computer and the problem was solved
Maybe all of these steps weren’t necessary.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Hello! Is it Ok if I ask some thing kinda off subject? I’m trying to view this page on my new iPad but it surely won’t show up adequately, do youve got any options? Ought to I attempt and uncover an update for my software package or a thing? Thanks in advance! Jennine x
August 27th, 2011 at 6:34 am
I have Maukie the virtual cat on my Browser page and its duplicating itself every time i switch it on i deleted 38 downloads and it still comes back please how do i delete it permanently
September 9th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
I cannot delete the Color Burst game Gadget. It has a drop down arrow and something that looks like a wheel. When I click on either, nothing happens, nothing shows to delete. Help, I want it gone.
September 21st, 2011 at 8:10 am
Im have the problem of my home page being hijacked by pandora.
When I open my page pandora comes up as full page and no way to get to the igoogle page to deleted. Any help
October 20th, 2011 at 7:59 am
Those gadgets just won’t go away. I can’t get rid of them.
October 20th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
ok. so i put a pandora radio gadget on my igoogle and whenever i go to igoogle, it takes me right to pandora website. so i don’t even have time to change it. is there anyway to edit your gadgets withought actually going to the igoogle page??
October 21st, 2011 at 5:34 pm
i put a pandora radio on my igoogle page and now i cant do anything else on my page and i cant delete pandora. how do i delete pandora?
November 14th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I right clicked the top of the browser window and opened task manager. Then clicked plug-in shockwave player, and clicked end process. Then go back to the upper right side of the Frogger window, and click delete gadget.
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Another way I removed this stupid pandaora gadget is that while it igoogle page is loading hit escape key and then select the delete option from igoogle page
December 30th, 2011 at 12:54 am
downloaded a gadget on igoogle called “duck hunting game” and can’t delete it. I tried but it doesn’t work.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:03 am
I did what Ballu said, thank you it worked!
January 17th, 2012 at 10:47 am
to delete all you gadgets just click the settings icon in the top right corner next to SIGNIN.. click igoogle settings.. you will get what you had expected there….
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