How to clean up old entities

dkmcgowan · July 7, 2019, 2:42am

I want to know the best way to clean up old entities. I am on the latest version, .95.4

I use for example the batter package here:

notoriousbdg/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/3adce961312c018ffff733d8e581e77cde2d9e8a/packages/battery_alert.yaml

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## Battery Alert Package by NotoriousBDG
##
## Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notoriousbdg/Home-AssistantConfig/master/packages/battery_alert.yaml
################################################################

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## Changelog
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##
## 1.0.0 (2018-02-14)
##   Added
##   - Added version number to enable better tracking
##
## 1.0.1 (2018-02-15)
##   Added
##   - Added battery_sensor_creation_disabled attibute to skip
##     creating a battery sensor even when an battery attribute
##     exists.
##

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But I changed trackers and old battery entities are still showing up.

I had pairing issues with some ZigBee devices, so I repaired and I cannot name the new entities correctly as the name is take, but it’s not in the unused entities list.

I see them in a file in the .storage folder and figure I can go delete in there but wanted to check if another way to see listed entities, not being used or working or something. I don’t even know what all to delete, it’s take some time to get things right over the last year

Emphyrio · July 7, 2019, 10:21am

I believe for the battery notification there is an option to clear the mqtt topic. Perhaps read its topic how to use that.