# Rasp Pi5 in Docker - Pallette menu has disappeared
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677
**Category:** General
**Tags:** docker
**Created:** [14 November 2025 02:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677 "2025-11-14T02:28:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jscmanson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jscmanson)
#### Post date: [14 November 2025 02:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/1 "2025-11-14T02:28:09Z")
Hi, new user, I've been building a node red flow successfully for the last month or so on a headless Pi5, and all of a sudden the palette menu has disappeared when I went to install a new node. I haven't done anything on the pi5 expect node red and a database (influx), what would make the pallette menu go away on the UI?
John
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### Author:  [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)
#### Post date: [14 November 2025 03:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/2 "2025-11-14T03:39:48Z")
You may have just hidden the pallet, move your mouse over to the far left and see if you get the toggle to open it again
Alternatively use the menu
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [14 November 2025 03:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/3 "2025-11-14T03:41:10Z")
I've never experienced this but I imagine something went wrong with the install. What node were you trying to install, and how?
Your flows are almost certainly safe, in /home/username/.node-red/flows.json.
Make a copy of the .node-red directory somewhere just in case, then reinstall Node-red using the official Raspberry Pi install script.
After that, restart Node-red and very likely the flows will be there, as will the palette, but maybe not all the contrib nodes you have installed
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### Author:  [@jscmanson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jscmanson)
#### Post date: [14 November 2025 04:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/4 "2025-11-14T04:52:55Z")
I wish, nope thats not it (the missing menu item).
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### Author:  [@jscmanson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jscmanson)
#### Post date: [14 November 2025 04:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/5 "2025-11-14T04:55:10Z")
OK thanks I will try that - I was trying to install one of the loop nodes and it threw an error and wouldn't install, rebooting got me no pallette option.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [12 February 2026 04:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rasp-pi5-in-docker-pallette-menu-has-disappeared/99677/6 "2026-02-12T04:56:10Z")
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