# Temporary disable a sensor?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** featurerequest\
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813 "2026-02-08T22:16:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Kerberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kerberos/32/78901_2.png) [@Kerberos](https://community.homey.app/u/Kerberos)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/1 "2026-02-08T22:16:34Z")

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Hi! I have searched this community, but cant find a solution.

Question/Feature request: I have different temp sensors that only is used parts of the year, same goes for other devices only used only in the summertime.

Could it be a way to implement a function to temporarily disable/hide these devices? I don’t want to delete them and I don’t want them to show up in the device list showing a red exclamation mark… Could there be implemented like a “sleep” function that only disables the sensor/device without needing to delete it?

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**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/2 "2026-02-08T23:05:34Z")

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Put them in another zone?

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**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, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/3 "2026-02-09T00:08:33Z")

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> [@Kerberos](#):
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> temporarily disable/hide these devices

To my knowledge there’s no such thing.

Rmb has a good option.

What I use is virtual switches. These are added as condition to related flows. When switch is off, flows don’t run.  
They still get triggered, but get stopped by that condition.

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**Author:** ![Kerberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kerberos/32/78901_2.png) [@Kerberos](https://community.homey.app/u/Kerberos)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/4 "2026-03-26T16:17:59Z")

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![16763](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/5/6590f21629815db813f4d5bb4f7f7ae301238100.jpeg) Fixed 👍👍

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**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:** [March 26, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/5 "2026-03-26T22:45:16Z")

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> [@Kerberos](#):
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> a function to temporarily disable/hide these devices

> [@Kerberos](#):
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> Fixed 👍👍

It’s not 100% fixed imho;

Just tested: “hidden” doesn’t mean “inactive (in flows)”. The hidden devices still can control flows / flows can control these devices.

The only thing what changes: it’s not shown as device in the zone.  
I think it should be, maybe as option, inactive / silenced as well.

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**Author:** ![Kerberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kerberos/32/78901_2.png) [@Kerberos](https://community.homey.app/u/Kerberos)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/temporary-disable-a-sensor/150813/6 "2026-03-27T19:12:25Z")

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I see. But the solution is good for me, I just wanted to hide them in the device list 🙂