# Clear flows and dashboards

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clear-flows-and-dashboards/28807>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [23 June 2020 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clear-flows-and-dashboards/28807 "2020-06-23T13:00:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [23 June 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clear-flows-and-dashboards/28807/3 "2020-06-23T14:36:45Z")

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If you really want to go back to an empty system then you can just delete the flows file and restart node-red. It will create a new empty one for you. Make sure you have it backed up unless you are really sure you want to throw it s away. You can find the flows file by looking in the node-red startup log.

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