# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**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)… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/remove-orphan-devices/65256)._