# Delete flow to restart node-red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-flow-to-restart-node-red/18444>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [26 November 2019 10:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-flow-to-restart-node-red/18444 "2019-11-26T10:01:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@robbe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/robbe)\
**Post date:** [26 November 2019 10:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-flow-to-restart-node-red/18444/1 "2019-11-26T10:01:10Z")

</div>

How can i delete my flow in raspberry terminal?  
Than maybe i can restart node-red and start over.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [26 November 2019 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-flow-to-restart-node-red/18444/2 "2019-11-26T10:15:43Z")

</div>

Do you mean you want to start again with a completely empty flow? If so then all you need to do is to delete the flow file and restart node-red. The startup log tells you where the flows file is if you don't know. Usually `~/.node-red/flows_hostname.json`

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@robbe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/robbe)\
**Post date:** [26 November 2019 10:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-flow-to-restart-node-red/18444/3 "2019-11-26T10:55:15Z")

</div>

found it . thx