Is there a way to take off a widget in dashboard on a macbook?

Question

I'm running leopard.

Answer 1

yeah go into Dashboard 

click on dashboard or use F12

in the bottom left corner click on the plus [+] sign

it turns into an X and puts an X on all the widgets in the dashboard

 then click the Xon the thing you want gone, and it is gone.

Answer 2

Bring up the dashboard, and in the bottom left should be a (+) like symbol. Click it, and then you can add/delete widgets. (x) appear on the widgets in your DB.