Removing AppWidgets programmatically

Question

I\'m having the hardest time figuring out how to remove home screen AppWidget\'s programmatically (i.e. without the user actually dragging one into the trash). As an example

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure this should work:

int[] appWidgetIds = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName("com.example",
                        "com.example.Widget"));
AppWidgetHost host = new AppWidgetHost(ctx, 0);
host.deleteAppWidgetId(appWidgetIds[0]);

Answer 2

You cannot add or remove app widgets from the home screen. Only the user can do that.

Any app widgets tied to a deleted account could show a different account, or adopt some "(account deleted)" look that would trigger the user to get rid of the app widget or reconfigure it.