# Clean Up Working Environment

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [27 November 2018 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241 "2018-11-27T16:17:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jfehl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jfehl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jfehl)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2018 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241/1 "2018-11-27T16:17:59Z")

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Just looking for suggestions on a nice way to clean up my Node Red working environment. I have created a great number of Flows and Subflows doing R&D which I don't want to lose, but would like to get my Node Red tabs reduced in number. Is there a nice way to save my current flows and be able to retrieve pieces from them later if I remember I had something useful? I know I can copy and paste them to another location for saving, but is that the best / only method?

PS....where are SubFlows stored??

Thanks

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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2018 16:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241/2 "2018-11-27T16:20:48Z")

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There is **Projects** exactly for this kind of maintenance. [https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/)

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2018 16:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241/3 "2018-11-27T16:23:14Z")

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Why not store things in the library? That's one of the things I do.

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**Author:** ![jfehl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jfehl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jfehl)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2018 17:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clean-up-working-environment/5241/4 "2018-11-27T17:02:29Z")

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Thank you. I will try both of these techniques.