How to Lock or Unlock Widgets in Blogger

Blogger is the greatest way to start your blogging and when you believe that you are getting sufficient visitors then you can purchase a .COM domain to start your blogging career.

You can introduce your blogging career as a full time blogger but if you are engaged in some other occupation then part time blogging is the best option.

When you create a blog on blogger then practically all the widgets are editable. You can simply edit and remove them from the blog but some widgets can’t be removed from the blog such as header widget.

So, is there any choice to remove the widgets from the blog?

Yes, you can  simply remove the widgets by unlocking them.

Now,

How to lock or unlock widgets in Blogger and WordPress?

We can simply lock or unlock widgets in blogger using this following steps.


Step-1:

Go to Blogger Website > Select Template Option


Step-2:

Now quickly take Backup of your Template before doing any changes in the blog.


Step-3:

Choose Layout option > clink on Header widget > you will see here the widget can be edited but can’t be removed.

Note down the widget id which requires to be unlocked.

Step-4:

Now just go to Template option and clink on Edit HTML button.

Step-5:

Choose Jump to Widget option and select Header1 widget. You will see here the widget is locked (the locked property is set to true).

Just modify locked property to false and click on Save Template button.

Step-6:

Now again go to Layout option > Click on Header widget > you will appear here the widget is unlocked. Now you can remove this widget very easily.

Note: The procedure is similar to lock the widget in blogger templates . Only locked property will be set to true.

Conclusion:

If the widget is locked in layout and  require to unlock, change the property to false.

If the widget is unlocked in layout and  require to lock, change the  property to true.

I hope you enjoy the article. Share this to your friends also to  upgrade their blogging skills with this small trick.