Old deleted devices in .storage\core.device_registry

[mkanet]

I noticed that there is "deleted_devices": [ ] section in the .storage\core.device_registry file which lists some old devices that I haven’t used in several months (and don’t plan on using). Will these entries stay there indefinitely? Is there a safe way to purge the record of these devices completely? If so, how?

[Murada99 (JoeM)]

same as this one

Purpose of "deleted_devices" in core.device_registry and tmp files

Hi, I am trying to clean up some old stuff in my config and came across two locations where I found orphaned data: One is the “deleted_devices” section in core.device_registry and the others are some “tmp<random_string>” files. Both are in .storage and I was wondering what their purpose was and if it’s safe to delete them. Thanks, Julian

No answer until now but I’m also interested in whether to keep these “deleted_devices”

[mkanet]

Hi, I think it’s safe to do. I just did these three steps:

1. SSH into Home Assistant; and, execute the below command first:

ha core stop

2. Edit config/.storage/core.device_registry in a code editor; where the last few lines look something like this:

...
        ],
        "deleted_devices": []
    }
}

3. Execute the below command again via SSH:

ha core start

[Murada99 (JoeM)]

Thx, I follow the steps (I made a copy before, who knows) and it works.
Finally, my core.device_registry is cleaned up.

[Clam58]

The new iBeacon integration had added over 1100 lines of deleted device information in my registry file, so this was a good way of tidying it up. I wonder why this information is retained?

Thanks for the tip.