Remove Dashboard Widgets in Wordpress Backend

function.php

<?php
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

if( !function_exists('remove_dashboard_widgets') ) :
/**
 * 
 */
function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal');  // Incoming Links
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_plugins', 'dashboard', 'normal');   // Plugins
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side');  // Quick Press
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side');  // Recent Drafts
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_primary', 'dashboard', 'side');   // WordPress blog
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_secondary', 'dashboard', 'side');   // Other WordPress News
    remove_meta_box('wpdm_dashboard_widget', 'dashboard', 'normal');   // Right Now
    remove_meta_box('dashboard_custom_feed', 'dashboard', 'normal');   // Latest from ButlerBlog
    remove_meta_box('tribe_dashboard_widget', 'dashboard', 'normal');   // News from Modern Tribe
    remove_meta_box('social4i_admin_widget', 'dashboard', 'normal');   // News and Updates
}
endif;
?>

Another way of removing Modern Tribe News is to add this line o code:
define('TRIBE_HIDE_UPSELL', true);
to the wp-config.php file, which is located at the root of the WordPress installation.
It it does not work promptly, try to change the position (up/down) in the code.
I don't know if there is a way to do this for the other widgets thought :)
Original post here:
https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/remove-news-from-modern-tribe-from-dashboard/