I appreciate your frustration, I’m sorry it’s not something that works for you. There isn’t really a question here, can we acknowledge your frustration and close the ticket?
NO! DO NOT CLOSE THIS CASE! Here’s a question:
HOW do we get rid of widgets that are force-fed us with this new widget manager!
With this manager, we loose basic control of our website. WordPress has gone down hill with new widgets.
Again, in case you missed it — how do we get rid of the widgets that are forced on us and select widgets that we do want to have?
Look for the Classic Widget plugin. Saved us.
10000% the worst update ever. So frustrating!
Yes, at LEAST give users the option to revert.
Same problem for me ! This new feature have broken access to all my widgets on footer!!