Unless otherwise indicated, the code snippets you see below should be placed into your theme’s functions.php file.
The following code will unregister the Genesis Widgets:
<?php
//* Do NOT include the opening php tag shown above. Copy the code shown below.
//* Unregister Genesis widgets
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'unregister_genesis_widgets', 20 );
function unregister_genesis_widgets() {
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_eNews_Updates' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_Featured_Page' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_Featured_Post' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_Latest_Tweets_Widget' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_Menu_Pages_Widget' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_User_Profile_Widget' );
unregister_widget( 'Genesis_Widget_Menu_Categories' );
}