How to Change Blogger Template without Deleting Widgets

This guide will help you to change your current template without deleting widgets.

1- Login to blogger.com
2- On dashboard view, Click "Create a Blog", this will be dummy blog
3- (On dummy) Once dummy blog created, upload new template
4- Go back to dashboard view, Click “Layout” of real blog
5- (On real) Click “Edit HTML”
6- (On real) Look for <div id='sidebar'>
7- (On real) Copy all the widgets between <div id='sidebar'> and </div>
8- Go back to dashboard view, Click “Layout” of your dummy blog
9- (On dummy) Click “Edit HTML”
10- (On dummy) Look for < div id='sidebar'> and paste widgets copied on step 7 to dummy blog between <div id='sidebar'> and </div>
11- (On dummy) Click “Save Template”
12- (On dummy) Click “Download Full Template” and save new template with widgets of real blog
13- Go back to dashboard view, Click “Layout” of real blog
14- (On real) Click “Edit HTML”
15- (On real) Click “Download Full Template” to save your real template incase fallback is needed
16- (On real) Upload new template with real widgets you saved from step 12

Now you have new layout without deleting widget