1. In your wp-includes folder, you will need to edit the default-widgets.php file.
2. Open default-widgets.php in your favorite web editor. The standard meta data starts at line 273. You will see an unordered list around line 295, this is where you want to do most of your editing.
3. Remove any link you want, just be sure to remove the list tags around each so you do not have any gaps.
That’s it!