# Remove orphan devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 29, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256 "2022-06-29T21:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Tornell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fredrik_tornell/32/48574_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Tornell](https://community.homey.app/u/Fredrik_Tornell)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/1 "2022-06-29T21:30:31Z")
Hi guys, I had a Homey Bridge but returned it due to consideration of getting a pro. So no homey is online now. I seem to have a 5 z-wave items still hooked up to my “profile” which Im having issues removing. Error message when trying to remove is basically “Something went wrong”… Don’t seem to be able to remove it via the developer GUI either… Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/2 "2022-06-29T21:35:12Z")
Your Homey Pro will be another than the Homey (beta) you now have. So you have to start over in a new Home with Zones, Devices, Flows etc. Don’t worry. Maybe if you remove the App for that device it will remove the Device from your Homey (beta). ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Tornell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fredrik_tornell/32/48574_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Tornell](https://community.homey.app/u/Fredrik_Tornell)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/3 "2022-06-29T21:56:48Z")
Ok, have no apps installed but have tons of flows for the beta right now so would prefer just to remove the faulty devices…is there anyway of doing this…web API? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/4 "2022-06-29T23:11:47Z")
Enter device name and look for the bin icon. Pressing that should delete the device. In case there’s no match, consider entering `z-wave` or `zwave`, or just the device type (switch, sensor, light etc.) in the search bar until you see something recognizable > ![Screenshot from 2022-06-30 01-10-20](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/9/e9be39b7ea9ff68bd9cfae83822fb64d3a7d0867.png) > . ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Tornell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fredrik_tornell/32/48574_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Tornell](https://community.homey.app/u/Fredrik_Tornell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/5 "2022-06-30T04:29:49Z")
I can see them all in the list but there are no bin icon on the zwave devices I would like to remove… icon is only shown on my shelly sockets that I want to keep… ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/6 "2022-06-30T04:47:35Z")
> [@Fredrik\_Tornell](#): > > So no homey is online now. Your Homey is in the cloud so it is online. Just your Bridge isn’t there and Homey is waiting for the Bridge to return or being replaced to restore the bridge configuration. If there is no app for the Z-Wave devices i thinkt only adding a bridge can remove them. ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Tornell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fredrik_tornell/32/48574_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Tornell](https://community.homey.app/u/Fredrik_Tornell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/7 "2022-06-30T10:22:20Z")
Was hoping the web api or something could remove the devices… ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/8 "2022-06-30T13:45:25Z")
Well, allthough what Geurt wrote is logical, but who’ll think of removing devices and apps prior to removing the bridge? A longshot, but you can try: ![Screenshot_20220630-153436_Chrome~01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/5/55f5f49dac9e78472451ee47b832d280fd778447.jpeg) Otherwise I’d suggest creating a zone like z\_Crap or z\_Debris and move the devices into it. The zone is sort of hidden, while it’s placed below other zones. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256/9 "2022-06-30T23:01:21Z")
Found this, you’ll never know: > [@How to delete a not existing Zigbee device](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-delete-a-not-existing-zigbee-device/8874/15): > > I don’t know if this is the solution anyone is looking for, but I recently ran into a similar problem with one of my Osram Smart+ plugs (these things are real pieces of work sometimes) anyways, one of them broke and couldn’t be connected to any Zigbee network anymore, and also couldn’t be removed from homey (even though I left the app sitting for ages). So I did some tinkering and came up for a solution for my problem (and maybe others, who find this post) First of all, disable (not uninstall)…