# Programatically delete instances of nodes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/programatically-delete-instances-of-nodes/13791>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [29 July 2019 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/programatically-delete-instances-of-nodes/13791 "2019-07-29T11:54:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [29 July 2019 13:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/programatically-delete-instances-of-nodes/13791/3 "2019-07-29T13:02:55Z")

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Personally, I would have thought it better to have a job scheduler with an option to have one-off jobs that then auto-delete themselves.

Perhaps a request to the following thread might end up with an additional feature:

> [@UPDATE: V1.2.1 node-red-contrib-cron-plus scheduler (incl solar events and Timezone support)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-a-flexible-scheduler-node-incl-timezone-support-node-red-contrib-cron-plus/13686):
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> Hi all, something I am working on. Would appreciate feedback/suggestions/criticisms please. Features... Timezone support human readable descriptions of cron Supports standard CRON + year Some pictures for now (details later). Help tab... In action... In action... Timezone... [image] Timezone... [image]

Trying to edit the flow using a flow seems like a recipe for a disaster. Trying to understand that flow later on could be a nightmare.

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