How do I delete 100 empty, inactive text widgets?

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  dmxgraphic · Member · Jan 14, 2013 at 4:28 am

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  I must have 100 empty text widget fields in the “inactive” widgets section. I have no idea where they came from and I am unable to delete them.

  I have now removed all widgets from the blog. Is it possible to purge these empty fields?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 14, 2013 at 5:14 am

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  If they are in the inactive widgets section, they are not being used on your blog at all. Just leave them.

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 14, 2013 at 5:17 am

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  @RC – could they just drag them out of the inactive area and sort of drop them most anywhere or in the regular Widgets area?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 14, 2013 at 5:21 am

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  Sure, they could. As long as there’s nothing in the text widgets, they essentially don’t exist.

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  dmxgraphic · Member · Jan 14, 2013 at 12:37 pm

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  The problem with these things is that they make the inactive widgets area difficult to use. When I drag an active widget to the inactive area it goes to the bottom of the section – which is about four screens down.

  Also, I don’t understand the suggestion about dragging them somewhere. The only place they’ll move to is a sidebar and they don’t disappear. They still have to be deleted one at a time.