# How to delete the custom node from sidebar

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [16 April 2021 09:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268 "2021-04-16T09:29:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![jake123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jake123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jake123)\
**Post date:** [16 April 2021 09:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/1 "2021-04-16T09:29:45Z")

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How to delete the custom node from sidebar?  
I couldnt rename it so I made the new node with same functionallity but with different name.

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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:** [16 April 2021 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/2 "2021-04-16T09:49:54Z")

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> [@jake123](#):
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> I couldnt rename it so I made the new node with same functionallity but with different name.

How did you install the custom node in the first place?

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**Author:** ![jake123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jake123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jake123)\
**Post date:** [16 April 2021 09:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/3 "2021-04-16T09:50:53Z")

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npm install and then the path to folder in .node-red folder

As node-red-contrib-example-...

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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:** [16 April 2021 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/4 "2021-04-16T09:51:44Z")

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Then you can do `npm remove <name-of-module>` in the same `.node-red` directory. Then restart Node-RED.

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**Author:** ![jake123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jake123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jake123)\
**Post date:** [16 April 2021 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/5 "2021-04-16T11:10:25Z")

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Thank you.

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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:** [30 April 2021 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-delete-the-custom-node-from-sidebar/44268/6 "2021-04-30T11:11:22Z")

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