How do I remove Z-wave sensor entities?

[ntompson (Nick)]

Hi - something that has annoyed me forever is all the sensor entities that are created when I add a Z-wave device. Many of them don’t work, and most of them I don’t care about. But I can’t figure out how to get rid of them - they clutter up the GUI and take up space (and performance) in the history / logbook database.

For example, when I add an Aeotec nano dimmer, I get all of the following, none of which I need or want.

I’ve tried removing them from the inbuilt entity registry, but they reappear at next hass restart.

I’ve also tried excluding them in the Z-wave config area, but this does nothing at all:

And I’ve tried both together, but they just keep coming back.

It’s very annoying - our electrician will soon be installing a large number of these, and I really don’t want to have to put up with all the crap that will be generated.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Nick

[pnbruckner (Phil)]

The “Exclude this entity from Home Assistant” writes into a file named zwave_device_config.yaml. It expects that you’ve included this in your config.

See:

Entities are not excluded from HA

Hi, I am trying to utilize “Exclude this entity from Home Assistant” checkbox at Z-Wave Node Management: [zwave_setting] This doesn’t seem to work for me… I continue to have this entity: [zwave_entity] And it is updated every 10 minutes: [zwave_log] Maybe I am misunderstanding what is this “Exclude this entity from Home Assistant” actually doing? Thank! Max.

See also:

Z-Wave

[ntompson (Nick)]

Goodness - that was subtle. But thanks!