Why do I get ghost items in a device that is repurposed?

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I have a sonoff basic. Previously it was used for controlling a ceiling light, now it’s used for controlling my soldering station.

For some reason some of the ‘old entities’ pops up on the new config.
I’ve removed it and readded it to HA, both via dns name and ip.
I’ve tried changing the ip.

The config looks like this:

substitutions:
  device_name: soldering-station
  # Higher value gives lower watt readout
  current_res: '0.00302'
  # Lower value gives lower voltage readout
  voltage_div: '940'
  device_description: "Controls Soldering station and fans"

esphome:
  name: '${device_name}'
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp8285

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifissid
  password: !secret wifipw
  reboot_timeout: 60min
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 10.11.13.74
    gateway: 10.11.13.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0
#  use_address: 10.11.13.95
  fast_connect: true
  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "${device_name} Hotspot"
    password: !secret appw

logger:
  baud_rate: 0

#web_server:
#  port: 80
#  auth:
#    username: !secret webuser
#    password: !secret webpw

api:
  password: !secret apipw
#  encryption:
#    key: !secret encryption

ota:
  password: !secret otapw

time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: homeassistant_time

text_sensor:
  - platform: version
    name: "${device_name} ESPHome Version"
  - platform: wifi_info
    ip_address:
      name: "${device_name} ip"
    ssid:
      name: "${device_name} ssid"

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    id: push_button
    pin:
      number: GPIO0
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
      inverted: True
    internal: true
    on_press:
      if:
        condition:
          - switch.is_off: relay
        then:
          - switch.turn_on: blue_led
          - switch.turn_on: relay
        else:
          - switch.turn_off: relay

switch:
  - platform: gpio
    name: "${device_name} relay"
    pin: GPIO12
    id: relay
    on_turn_off:
      if:
        condition:
          - switch.is_on: blue_led
        then:
          - switch.turn_off: blue_led
  - platform: gpio
    id: blue_led
    pin:
      number: GPIO13
      inverted: True

sensor:
  - platform: wifi_signal
    name: '${device_name} wifi signal'
    update_interval: 60s
    accuracy_decimals: 0
  - platform: uptime
    name: '${device_name} uptime'
    unit_of_measurement: days
    update_interval: 300s
    accuracy_decimals: 1
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.000011574

In HA it looks like this:

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I also tried editing core.entity_registry where I found the ghost devices that are under the device_id, and removed them, but they just came back after a reboot?

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I figured it out, the old entry was still configured in the ESPHome integration, but why it keps inserting itself into the other entity, I don’t know.

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