Can’t remove a widget from admin

I suggest trying to reset your widgets running this code from your functions.php

     update_option( 'sidebars_widgets', $null );

WARNING: this will totally reset your plugins so make sure you save any widget data/settings you need.

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The source article also list a plugin/ and better instructions.

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