diff --git a/examples/widgets/doc/src/validators.qdoc b/examples/widgets/doc/src/validators.qdoc
deleted file mode 100644
index a0b88617b5a..00000000000
--- a/examples/widgets/doc/src/validators.qdoc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
-
-/*!
-    \example widgets/validators
-    \title Validators Example
-    \brief The Validators example shows the signal emission behavior of input
-    validators.
-
-    \borderedimage validators.png
-*/
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
index f352de56b4f..5cad8ce3942 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ qt_internal_add_example(stylesheet)
 qt_internal_add_example(tablet)
 qt_internal_add_example(tetrix)
 qt_internal_add_example(tooltips)
-qt_internal_add_example(validators)
 qt_internal_add_example(windowflags)
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro b/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
index edc6fb8bbfc..3410124dd8f 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ SUBDIRS       = analogclock \
                 tablet \
                 tetrix \
                 tooltips \
-                validators \
                 windowflags
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/CMakeLists.txt
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/CMakeLists.txt
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledoff.png b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledoff.png
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledoff.png
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledoff.png
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledon.png b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledon.png
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledon.png
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledon.png
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.cpp b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.cpp
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.cpp
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.cpp
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.h b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.h
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.h
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/ledwidget.h
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.cpp b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.cpp
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.cpp
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.cpp
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.h b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.h
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.h
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/localeselector.h
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/main.cpp b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/main.cpp
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/main.cpp
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/main.cpp
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.pro b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.pro
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.pro
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.pro
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.qrc b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.qrc
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.qrc
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.qrc
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.ui b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.ui
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.ui
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validators.ui
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.cpp b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.cpp
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.cpp
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.cpp
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.h b/tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.h
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rename from examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.h
rename to tests/manual/examples/widgets/widgets/validators/validatorwidget.h