it happens sometime we can't stop/delete modules on flow which are "hidden", for example for setup a server inside the node's settings, as it is in use and ivisible we can't remove it from palette, how then can we remove it? Only stopping NR and manually remove with npm remove?
If a node is in use then you cannot remove it within node red. You can remove it using npm, it is not necessary to stop node-red to remove it. It is necessary to restart node-red in order that it unloads it, but then node red will refuse to start because the node is missing.
I'm talking exactly the case where all the visible nodes are removed, but somehow the invisible nodes can't be stopped, how to deal with that?
It looks a bad habbit of author to have created such situation, but in my opinin NR should help us solve this situation softly, for examle making thes nodes somehow "visible" to remove tham from flow, then it should be possible to remove them from palette.
Or start NR without loading that node..
That module generated me many errors after update NR, I couldn't remove so I dediced to delete the folder, now I can't remove it (as before) or update it
thanks for helping
Go to Configuration Nodes in the menu and click Unused. You can select and delete them there.
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