# Unassigned ui\_groups, cannot get rid of

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [13 February 2022 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266 "2022-02-13T16:08:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![henkkas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/henkkas/32/39844_2.png) [@henkkas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henkkas)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2022 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/1 "2022-02-13T16:08:11Z")

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I know this subject has been discussed several times, but I cannot find a solution for me in the answers that are given.

Every time I deploy I get more and more unassigned ui\_groups.

![afbeelding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/0/508f91a575b295f292daa004ad9ec17e99dc435f.png)

I have NPM 7.7.6 and dashboard 3.1.1.  
I tried under config. nodes and then unused, but no unassigned ui\_groups are showing.

Someone has more suggestions?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2022 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/2 "2022-02-13T19:00:15Z")

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A potential fix has been submitted to the master branch.. not on npm yet as I have not been able to recreate locally. If you want to try you can install manually

```auto
cd ~/.node-red
npm i node-red/node-red-dashboard

```

Note - this can take a very long time to install on a Pi - for some reason `yarn` installs it much more quickly.  
Note2 - I don't know if this fix cleans up any excess groups etc... It may just prevent them occurring... so you may still need to tidy up first... as I said I haven't yet been able to recreate this locally.

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**Author:** ![henkkas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/henkkas/32/39844_2.png) [@henkkas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henkkas)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2022 06:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/3 "2022-02-14T06:55:40Z")

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@dceejay, would it be helpfull then, if I send you an RPI made img-file of my SD card?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2022 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/4 "2022-02-14T09:13:48Z")

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Hi - thanks for the offer but no.

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**Author:** ![henkkas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/henkkas/32/39844_2.png) [@henkkas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henkkas)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2022 09:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/5 "2022-02-15T09:57:10Z")

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> [@dceejay](#):
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> Note2 - I don't know if this fix cleans up any excess groups etc... It may just prevent them occurring... so you may still need to tidy up first... as I said I haven't yet been able to recreate this locally.

@dceejay , how do I tidy up, if I cannot see this excesss groups? Or is there another way to visualise these excess groups?

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**Author:** ![henkkas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/henkkas/32/39844_2.png) [@henkkas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henkkas)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2022 12:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/6 "2022-02-15T12:18:54Z")

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I managed to get rid of excess groups by deleting mostly spacer nodes under the tab configuration/used.

Then I had to rearrange some ui layouts and then spacer nodes appeared again during deploying.  
I entered the spacer nodes under dashboard and start edit, did nothing just pushed done and then I got rid of those objects during deploying. Don't seem to be coming back again.

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**Author:** ![henkkas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/henkkas/32/39844_2.png) [@henkkas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henkkas)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2022 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/7 "2022-02-16T09:58:24Z")

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@dceejay , Everytime I change the layout the excess groups with spacer nodes appeared again.  
So finally I put extra empty template nodes in place to fill the empty places in the lay-out. Now everything is stable again.

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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:** [18 March 2022 09:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unassigned-ui-groups-cannot-get-rid-of/58266/8 "2022-03-18T09:58:54Z")

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