# "Hidden" subflows

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173
**Category:** General
**Created:** [25 January 2023 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173 "2023-01-25T12:47:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [25 January 2023 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173/1 "2023-01-25T12:47:16Z")

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Ok, I asked for it. Nesting subflows - maybe.

I made a subflow with 3 levels (or was it 4?) of other subflows.

I exported it and imported it to a working machine.  
(Bad things happened)

Suddenly I have 2 subflows with the same name. (Thought that shouldn't happen)

Anyway, I realised this and started to delete the _duplicate_ ones and put them all to the same one.  
(Which is in itself interesting as they both had the same comments.)

Anyway:  
Did it as best I could find.  
Opened the subflow and clicked the `delete` button.  
`There is 1 instance of this subflow - do you want to delete it?`

I can't for the life of me find it.  
I've opened all my subflows and it isn't in any.

How can I find it?

To maybe help, here are some screen shots.

 ![Screenshot from 2023-01-25 23-54-25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/5/65a1d4288bf3b79540e99b277c8510e3a2dd17df.png)

Delete

 ![Screenshot from 2023-01-25 23-54-32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/b/5b29a02f6a48cad8003bc551d0a0c055acc28c30.png)

search

 ![Screenshot from 2023-01-25 23-54-46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/3/b30d8fd4ba5d88573e3164ef379734cadcf641bf.png)

 ![Screenshot from 2023-01-25 23-54-50](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/6/b604f0ae5c4baa72982bf921e370a13ae49219b2.png)

So where is this _hidden_ instance?

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### Author: ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 January 2023 13:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173/2 "2023-01-25T13:16:45Z")

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Where does it take you if you click on the search result?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/7/8799650ed1c9ea640ecaf3c52f74a5a5841779e7.png)

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### Author: ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [25 January 2023 19:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173/3 "2023-01-25T19:30:49Z")

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Thanks Nick.

(You have to love computers.)

This is what I see this morning when I do the search.

![Screenshot from 2023-01-26 06-26-41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/6/7639fecf8d9a80bb5937206c7e4ca451064c1a47.png)

So I went to the second one and replaced it, deleted the subflow and all is good.

Greatest apologies but I was stuck yesterday because I wasn't given the correct information.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 February 2023 19:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hidden-subflows/74173/4 "2023-02-08T19:31:11Z")

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