# Auto removal of inactive apps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, devices, homey-pro\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847 "2025-02-05T17:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_de_bont/32/63846_2.png) [@Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_de_Bont)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/1 "2025-02-05T17:35:30Z")
Hi, I am using the Bambu app for my 3D printer, but my printer is not always powered on. But everything I want to print something my homey needs to get the app back installed. The device and flows are fine after reinstall, but why is the bambu app everytime uninstalled after a couple of days? Is homey auto cleaning apps when the devices are offline after a while? I noticed it with other apps as well, but I cant replay that situation only with my bambu app. Martijn ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/2 "2025-02-05T17:45:07Z")
> [@Martijn\_de\_Bont](#): > > why is the bambu app everytime uninstalled after a couple of days? How do you know it’s uninstalled ? > [@Martijn\_de\_Bont](#): > > Is homey auto cleaning apps when the devices are offline after a while? AFAIK it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_de_bont/32/63846_2.png) [@Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_de_Bont)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/3 "2025-02-05T18:11:29Z")
No I dont know how it is uninstalled. I have installed it from the store and never touched it again, but it disappears time after time again ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/4 "2025-02-05T18:12:38Z")
Maybe you see a red triangle on a device tile? This does not mean the app is gone, but the connection to the device is gone. In case of powering off connected devices, or when they’re hibernated, Homey can’t reach them anylonger. Somehow Homey is not handling “hi I’m back online” events very well, and it’s bad at detecting changed IP addresses. Did you reserve IP addresses for both Homey and the printer? When a device is unreachable (red triangle), you dont need to reinstall the app, you just need to ‘repair’ the device. At the mobile app, longpress device tile, tap on advanced settings, tap on repair. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/5 "2025-02-05T18:34:50Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > you dont need to reinstall the app, you just need to ‘repair’ the device. Or maybe even only restart the App on Homey. Actually that is what a reinstall also does. Install the latest app version and start it again. If the auto update is enabled it probably already is on the latest version. ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_de_bont/32/63846_2.png) [@Martijn\_de\_Bont](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_de_Bont)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/6 "2025-02-09T19:48:00Z")
Thanks, I will double check the next time I will go online with my printer. But I really thought I did not see the app any more (hard too miss the app, but hey it could be) If the device is not discovered automatically, I will try to restart the app ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-removal-of-inactive-apps/129847/7 "2025-02-09T22:55:46Z")
Just FYI when you mean the `...More > Apps` app overview, it should be there, even if it crashed or was disabled or such.