# Uninstall default node and install it when required

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [12 January 2023 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575 "2023-01-12T05:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![suraj\_k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@suraj\_k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/suraj_k)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2023 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575/1 "2023-01-12T05:34:48Z")

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Hello there,

I've freshly opened new node-red while opening, I can see some while going to manage pallette, default node is present as shown in below attachment.

 ![node-red](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/6/46d4c96f47f874ee6ea586d1da6140055a40aa27.png)

I just want to know is there any way I can uninstall/Remove this and if later required, install it again ? thanks

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2023 08:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575/2 "2023-01-12T08:49:37Z")

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If you notice, that has forty (40) nodes. These are all the base nodes that are installed like the `inject`, `debug`, 'function', 'delay'...I'm not going to list them all, you can go read the list.

So if you removed it, how would you build a flow? And any existing flow that used any of those 40 nods would stop working.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [12 January 2023 14:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575/3 "2023-01-12T14:57:52Z")

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Though having said that, there IS a way to HIDE the core nodes if you really can't stand them. The `settings.js` file has a property that lets you hide nodes and prevents their use.

But as Paul says, it might not be that good an idea.

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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:** [13 March 2023 14:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uninstall-default-node-and-install-it-when-required/73575/4 "2023-03-13T14:58:12Z")

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