# Dashboard widgets showing double
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [7 October 2022 09:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666 "2022-10-07T09:57:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 09:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/1 "2022-10-07T09:57:34Z")
why my dashboard widgets showing double?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/2 "2022-10-07T10:25:16Z")
Does it recover if you restart node-red and refresh the browser page?
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/3 "2022-10-07T10:40:22Z")
I tried restarting my computer also but it's not worked
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/4 "2022-10-07T10:49:08Z")
Please stop node red and restart it in a terminal window. Post the full output that you see.
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/5 "2022-10-07T10:50:49Z")
I closed the terminal
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/6 "2022-10-07T10:53:21Z")
I don't understand why you have posted that message.
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/7 "2022-10-07T10:53:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/8 "2022-10-07T10:54:00Z")
I created 1 slider how it showing 2 sliders
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/9 "2022-10-07T10:54:48Z")
I meant you to restart node-red in a terminal and post the terminal output here. The output that says "Welcome to node-red".
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/10 "2022-10-07T10:56:19Z")
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 10:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/11 "2022-10-07T10:59:12Z")
Man!!! everything deleted
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/12 "2022-10-07T11:01:42Z")
That is because the command
`node-red restart`
starts node red using a flows file called `restart` which does not exist. Look at the log you posted to see. If you stop node red and start it again normally then you will be back with the default flows file. Please do that and post the log you get with that flows file. Please copy/paste rather than screenshot.
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/13 "2022-10-07T11:07:47Z")
```auto
C:\Users\sureshkumar.s>cd "\Program Files\mosquitto"
C:\Program Files\mosquitto>mosquitto | node-red
7 Oct 16:34:16 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
7 Oct 16:34:16 - [info] Node-RED version: v3.0.2
7 Oct 16:34:16 - [info] Node.js version: v18.9.1
7 Oct 16:34:16 - [info] Windows_NT 10.0.19044 x64 LE
7 Oct 16:34:18 - [info] Loading palette nodes
7 Oct 16:34:22 - [info] Dashboard version 3.2.0 started at /ui
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Settings file : C:\Users\sureshkumar.s\.node-red\settings.js
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory]
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] User directory : \Users\sureshkumar.s\.node-red
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Flows file : \Users\sureshkumar.s\.node-red\flows.json
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [warn] Using unencrypted credentials
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Starting flows
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [error] [e-mail in:03b75842d5622b12] No e-mail password set
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] Started flows
7 Oct 16:34:23 - [info] [mqtt-broker:MQTT client] Connected to broker: mqtt://localhost:1883
7 Oct 16:34:44 - [info] [e-mail in:03b75842d5622b12] Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 195.46.39.13:993
```
again it showing dashboard widget double
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/14 "2022-10-07T11:52:12Z")
Try with a new flows file, so run
`node-red testflows`
which will give you a new empty flows file called testflows. Then Add a widget, deploy, and check the dashboard.
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### Author:  [@Sureshkumar.S](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sureshkumar.S)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/15 "2022-10-07T12:04:38Z")
If I create new widgets means it showing only one
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [7 October 2022 14:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/16 "2022-10-07T14:03:02Z")
If you create new widgets in your real flow does it show two?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 October 2022 14:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-showing-double/68666/17 "2022-10-21T14:03:38Z")
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