How to Remove Widgets From Your iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen

To remove a widget from the iPhone Home Screen, touch and hold it, tap Remove Widget, then tap Remove to confirm. Lock Screen widgets are removed from the Customize screen instead. Removing a widget only takes it off that screen. The app and its data stay on your iPhone.

Home Screen

1. Touch and hold the widget until a menu appears.
2. Tap Remove Widget.
3. Tap Remove to confirm.

These steps come from Apple’s widget support article ↗. If you would rather keep the app on the page, iOS 27 can turn a widget back into an app icon: touch and hold it and tap the app icon button in the menu, as shown in Apple’s customization guide ↗.

Lock Screen

1. Touch and hold the Lock Screen until Customize appears, then tap it. Unlock if asked.
2. Tap the widget area below the clock, or the line above it.
3. Tap the remove button on each widget you want to take off.
4. Tap Done.

Apple’s iOS 27 Lock Screen guide ↗ covers this screen. Each Lock Screen keeps its own widgets, so if you have several, swipe to the right one before tapping Customize. To remove an entire Lock Screen, swipe up on it in the same view and tap Delete This Wallpaper.

Widget stacks and Today View

• One widget from a stack: touch and hold the stack, tap Edit Stack, then tap the remove button in the corner of the widget you no longer want, per Apple’s iOS 27 widget guide ↗. Tap Done.
• The whole stack: touch and hold it and choose the remove option in the menu, then confirm.
• Today View: swipe right from the Home Screen, then touch and hold a widget and remove it the same way as on the Home Screen.

If a widget comes back or will not go

A widget that keeps reappearing is usually part of a Smart Stack with Widget Suggestions on. Open Edit Stack and turn off Widget Suggestions so iOS stops adding apps by itself. Smart Rotate is a separate switch that only changes which widget in the stack is visible.

If the menu does not appear, make sure you are holding the widget itself and not an empty spot. When you are ready to rebuild the page, our guide to adding widgets to the Home Screen walks through the gallery, and the widget stacks guide explains Smart Rotate in more detail.