Remove Google Search Widget from Jelly Bean

With my recent move for search only using DuckDuckGo I wanted to remove the Google Search Widget from my Nexus 4. This was not as straight forward as I thought. Trying to remove in the same way as other widgets does not work! The following is my process on a non root Nexus 4 from Google Play.

Process to remove Google Search Widget from Jelly Bean

• Open 'Settings' then 'Apps'
• Select 'All'
• Scroll down to the 'Google' installed Apps and open 'Google Search'
• Select 'Disable'
• Select 'Yes' I to remove to 'factory defaults'
• The Google Search App is removed
• Important : At this point the grey search screen is present but it does not say 'Google'. You must reboot the phone.
• After the phone reboot the grey widget is gone :)

Some Considerations

• You cannot add other widgets in the space that was used by Google Search
• It _may affect voice input with other apps (I don't use voice input)
• You cannot access Google Now (I don't use this as I cycle to work so the commute is not relevant)
• You can install it again from Google Play if you would like it back at some point, which I tested then removed again