# Node-red not starting

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-not-starting/26029>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 May 2020 22:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-not-starting/26029 "2020-05-03T22:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![filipejsbrandao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/filipejsbrandao/32/21186_2.png) [@filipejsbrandao](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/filipejsbrandao)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2020 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-not-starting/26029/7 "2020-05-04T21:19:35Z")

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I have managed to solve the problem after finding [this thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-fails-to-start/19858/6) with a similar issue.

After uninstalling generic-ble, with `npm remove node-red-contrib-generic-ble`, I was able to start node-red

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