# How to Remove a Device from the Dashboard?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679>\
**Category:** WebThings\
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679 "2018-02-15T17:53:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/1 "2018-02-15T17:53:17Z")

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Adding a device is very easy with the big + on the bottom-right of the dashboard. I’m using release 0.3.0.

Now, how to remove a device from the dashboard?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![benfrancis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/benfrancis/32/21346_2.png) [@benfrancis](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/benfrancis)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/2 "2018-02-15T17:57:44Z")

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Right click on desktop, long press on mobile. Press remove 🙂

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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/3 "2018-02-15T18:12:22Z")

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Right-click on the device did the trick. Thank you!

Right-click on the desktop calls the contextual menu of the browser.

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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/4 "2018-02-16T19:50:05Z")

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Wouldn’t a big - sign provide a better experience?

 ![25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/0/9/09159dbd3be2dd987eed3e90598106cfc068faa5.png)

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**Author:** ![benfrancis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/benfrancis/32/21346_2.png) [@benfrancis](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/benfrancis)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/5 "2018-02-19T12:16:28Z")

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Perhaps, but it would also clutter the UI. What would happen when you press the “-” button?

There is a balance to be reached between visual simplicity and discoverability.

One thing we could do is add a “…” menu to the Thing Detail view, and provide a remove option there. We also need to figure out where to put an “unpair” feature, which for some protocols is different than simply “removing” the device from the gateway database.

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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-to-remove-a-device-from-the-dashboard/25679/6 "2018-02-19T12:33:51Z")

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I known designing a great UI is a difficult task, especially when ensuring consistency across all the pages.

- Option 1

The (-) would display a (x) on top of each device.

 ![38](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/0/3/03cb4309dbdd8640ebb45067d572e45d1db9227e.png)

Clicking on the (x) would remove the device.

 ![41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/9/4/94e0cd99a4e9625cd1cc2efecb656d3b1269997a.png)

- Option 2

Provide a single page for help with the right-click or long touch to remove a device

[https://github.com/mozilla-iot/gateway/issues/677](https://github.com/mozilla-iot/gateway/issues/677)

- Option 3

Provide an initial tour of features as Firefox does for the features of the browser.