For the convenience of working with operating systems, many different add-ons were invented that will make the interaction more comfortable. There are a lot of them, and one of them is widgets. What are they? How to install them, and if necessary, remove them?
What is a widget?
This is the name of the interactive elements of system shells (including Android), which look like icons and shortcuts. They are located on
the desktop (home screen), and thanks to them it is possible to quickly access specific functions, programs or information. This applies to operating systems that are specialized for personal computers. Speaking about "Android", it should be added that here the widget can be added to the lock screen. This refers to the usual "American" versions, and not the various shells made by the Chinese or Indians (who have their own "wunderwaffles"). Widgets are of two types:
- To provide quick access to communication settings, wireless connections. Organize quick launch programs.
- To display information of interest to the user: displays the value of the current time, the load level of the central processor of the mobile device or weather forecast.
There are also generalists. They combine control or information functions. An example is software that shows how much RAM is loaded. And if necessary, they can clean it in just one click. Similar applications are distributed both as part of the factory shell and the downloadable add-on. If we talk about widgets in general, it should be noted that they are widely used on mobile devices that have a touch input function. Not least, this happened due to the acceleration of the work process on the part of the person (there is no need to go a long way to find the necessary program) and its increased comfort.
What should be done to be able to install the widget?
Let's get closer to the topic of the article. For "Android" you must first download the program from the "Play Market" or from a computer and install it on a mobile device. And now we turn to figuring out how to install and remove widgets on Android. This topic will be divided into two subheadings.
Install the widget on the desktop screen
If the option with "Play Market" was selected, then by default widgets are automatically installed. When downloading from a computer, they will need to be placed on the desktop. If we talk about the "Android" version 2.3.3 and below, then just click on an empty area of the home screen and wait until the menu appears. In it you need to select "Widgets" and what program should be displayed. Starting with version 3.0, you need to go to the main menu and scroll through it until the necessary program is found. Click on it, and a drop-down menu will prompt you to create a shortcut. Agree, and then you will be transferred to the home screen, on which you can place the widget.
Cleaning your mobile device
Now the question arises: how to remove widgets on Android. This is not difficult. To begin with, you can click on it, and when it "detaches" from its location, then transfer it to the very top of the screen, to the inscription "Delete". As soon as he equals her, then you should let him go. And he will disappear. Since you can remove widgets on Android in different ways, consider another option. For him, you need to go to the application manager and remove it from there already.
About features
If we talk about widgets that are placed on lock screens, then keep in mind that they will constantly work in the background. A few words can be said about the launchers. In them, installation / removal / modification is carried out, as a rule, by a long press on an arbitrary area. You will need to work with additional programs. How exactly?
If you want to remove the widget from the Android home screen, you can use additional software. You need to find a specialized program in which, by ticking, you can choose what should be disabled. So we found out how to remove the extra widgets in the old fashioned way.
Conclusion
So we looked at how to remove widgets on Android, and studied the process of installing them. It should be noted that when downloading from the "Play Store" you need to be careful, because with a large number of downloaded applications it may happen that there is not enough space on the home screen, and you will have to calibrate it for yourself in manual mode. To place links only to the most necessary programs, you can turn off the automatic creation of a shortcut and do only what you want in manual mode. That's all, the basic questions - how to remove widgets on Android and how to install them - we have examined, and on this we can assume that the topic of the article has been exhausted.