Title: wp_unregister_widget_control
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_unregister_widget_control( int|string $id )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Removes control callback for widget.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$id`int|stringrequired

Widget ID.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_unregister_widget_control( $id ) {
    	wp_register_widget_control( $id, '', '' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L678)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L678-L680)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_register_widget_control()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_register_widget_control/)`wp-includes/widgets.php` |

Registers widget control callback for customizing options.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [unregister_widget_control()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_widget_control/)`wp-includes/deprecated.php` |

Alias of [wp_unregister_widget_control()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/) .

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| [wp_unregister_sidebar_widget()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_sidebar_widget/)`wp-includes/widgets.php` |

Remove widget from sidebar.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unregister_widget_control/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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