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How to display and remove the tools on the router's homepage
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You can easily manage your network settings and devices by displaying and removing your frequently used tools on the router's homepage. To do this, follow the steps below:

Displaying the tools
Removing the tools

 


 

Displaying the tools


1. Log in to the router's web interface.


2. Select the tool that you want to display on the homepage. In this article Device List is selected.

Device List is displayed as Network Map Tool in Linksys EA8500, EA9200, WRT1200AC, WRT1900AC, and WRT1900AC v2. External Storage is displayed as USB Storage in older firmware versions of Linksys Smart WiFi routers.

 

 
 

3. On the Device List window, click on Show widget on the homepage and click Ok.
 


Device List will now be displayed on the homepage.
 

  


You may repeat steps 1-3 if you need to add more tools on the homepage. You can also drag and drop the tool to reposition them.
  


Removing the tools


There are two ways to remove a tool from the homepage:


Option 1: Clicking on the x button.


1. On the homepage, look for the tool that you want to remove.


2. Click the x button on the top-right section of the tool.
 

 
 

Option 2: Unchecking the Show widget on the homepage option on the homepage option.


1. Click on the tool that you want to remove. In the example below, Guest Access is selected.
 

 
 

2. Uncheck Show widget on the homepage  and click Ok.

 

 

 

The tool will now be removed from the homepage.
 

Network Status and Linksys Home Networking are displayed by default on the homepage. Removing them is not possible.

 


Find out more:


Linksys Smart WiFi FAQs
Overview of the Linksys cloud account

Linksys Smart WiFi system requirements

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