# Node-red-node-group - cannot remove

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 August 2020 06:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205 "2020-08-06T06:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [6 August 2020 06:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205/1 "2020-08-06T06:48:28Z")

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In manage palette I see

 ![Screenshot 2020-08-06 at 08.46.59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/4/c4e265f12fb03792d905c6aab11dc0ce8ba838d9.jpeg)

Trying to remove it fails, because it is in use. How do i get rid of it ?

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**Author:** ![michaelblight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/michaelblight/32/445_2.png) [@michaelblight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michaelblight)\
**Post date:** [6 August 2020 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205/2 "2020-08-06T10:06:55Z")

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You need to first delete it from your flows. If you do a search (normally ctrl-F) you can type in `node-red-node-group` and it will find where it is in your flows.

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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:** [6 August 2020 10:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205/3 "2020-08-06T10:13:32Z")

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@michaelblight not quite. `node-red-node-group` was a placeholder module added so that node-red 1.0.x could import flows that include `groups`.

Once you've upgraded to `1.1.x` the module is no longer needed as the `group` type is now part of the core.

@bakman2 to remove it you will have to do it via the command-line and restart Node-RED manually.

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [6 August 2020 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205/4 "2020-08-06T10:35:30Z")

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Thanks, for reference

```auto
cd ~/.node-red/node_modules
npm remove node-red-node-group

```

Every time i do something in node\_modules, some nodes (ttn and openzwave-am) fail to load and i have to do a manual `npm rebuild` and `npm install` to make them work again, not sure what is going on there.

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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:** [20 August 2020 10:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-group-cannot-remove/31205/5 "2020-08-20T10:35:43Z")

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