How to convert "Overview" back to automatic mode?

“Overview”, the default dashboard, is generated automatically by default. One can take control over it in order to add custom items to it. But how do I convert it back to automatic if I’ve taken control by accident?

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Remove .storage/lovelace then refresh your browser cache.

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That is kind of drastic, isn’t it? If you go to raw mode in the editor and remove everything, it reverts to automatic too. You can also apply this trick on any hand made one, so you can have a hand buit default one and a auto generated for future reference.

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This does not work. When I go to raw, there is already nothing beside

views:

  • title: Home

And when I delete that it says it is not valid…

For me, it works if I copy the code (works only with the code you see in the raw editor) from another dashboard that’s automatic to the old one.

This is the code:

strategy:
  type: original-states

This was last year. Nowadays, when you create a dashboard, you get asked if you want an autogenerated dashboard, and what kind.