Remove extra entitiy ID's?

running the latest release. I have some smart strips.
I customized (renamed) the individual entities. but found that when i ran a “heal node”
it created additional entities.
i now have 16 entities. any way to remove those extras, without have to remove/readd the devices?
I tried to edit the DB and remove them. but they still appear even after a reboot
Thanks!

10 minutes after i posted. i think i have it figured out.
need to edit the xml file. and remove the extra entries.