How to remove your HACS Correctly

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HI Please could you help by doing a post or a video or even reply here on how to get your HACS integration out f HA correctly. I have tried and keep getting errors saying code needs stripping out of your config.yml file but i have none. I just need the correct process on how to remove please. YOu have extensive docs to show how to install but zero on how to remove! It is a shame you removing it i thought it was very good. I watched your video it is a lot more complicated to get it working to the same level of your integration. But i guess it stops you having to maintain it so i get it

[AngloYorkshire]

MIne removed ok but the calendar is still showing under Calendars. How do I remove the calendar?

[ilsalgo]

MIne removed ok but the calendar is still showing under Calendars. How do I remove the calendar?

same for me :(

[pico1881]

I solved it by creating a local calendar with the same name "Garbage collection" and then I deleted it

[ilsalgo]

I solved it by creating a local calendar with the same name "Garbage collection" and then I deleted it

Top!! thank you :)

[papinist]

I solved it by creating a local calendar with the same name "Garbage collection" and then I deleted it

Tried that and ended up with two calendars called "Garbage collection" :-O In my case deleting it won't remove the old one.

[Deanosim]

Well I've managed to remove the Calender by creating one with the same name. But i've got other errors.

[papinist]

When I create a new calendar named "Garbage collection" it is created with identifier "garbage_collection_2" because "garbage_collection" already exists.

[lasry1]

in my case I had 2 helpers that gave me errors if I removed the integration without removing them. To delete the calendar I have done was someone said above, create a local one with the same name and then delete it.

[marvin8]

I'm getting the same error as https://github.com/bruxy70/Garbage-Collection/issues/464#issuecomment-1537337369

I haven't worked out yet where the reference to the no longer existing setup.py is coming from.

[lasry1]

add again the repo, install an old version, reboot and then uninstall it. that helped me

[marvin8]

Thanks @lasry1 That worked for me.

For anyone else trying it, make sure to delete any related helpers first, before uninstalling GC again.

[papinist]

I finally managed to remove it.. thanks to your suggestions! This is the steps I've taken:

• reinstall Garbage collection repo from hacs and reboot
• remove helpers I created in the past
• remove Garbage collection repo and reboot
• still have the calendar but with an error: "can't retrieve events for calendar Garbage collection" so I created a new local calendar with the same name ("Garbage Collection"), checked that the error was gone, and remove local calendar

And finally it's gone :)

[Deanosim]

Yep that was it for me, just had to properly remove all the related stuff fully and then restart Home Assistant and the setup.py error went away. and I can't find any remaining traces of GC left, thanks for the suggestions everyone. :)

[elderec]

I was able to remove by:

• Remove Garbage Collection from HACS
• Restart HA
• Remove configured Garbage Collection Integrations
• Restart HA

Calendar is gone and no more errors in HA startup log.

[cobradodo]

Well I've managed to remove the Calender by creating one with the same name. But i've got other errors. Hi, i have the same problem. it is not possible to reinstall an old version

[maxwood]

Well I've managed to remove the Calender by creating one with the same name. But i've got other errors. Hi, i have the same problem. it is not possible to reinstall an old version

Same issue here

Edit: Fixed it, just went through integrations, devices, entities and deleted anything that referenced Garbage Collection. Restarted HA - done :)

[cobradodo]

Well I've managed to remove the Calender by creating one with the same name. But i've got other errors. Hi, i have the same problem. it is not possible to reinstall an old version

Same issue here

Edit: Fixed it, just went through integrations, devices, entities and deleted anything that referenced Garbage Collection. Restarted HA - done :)

I had to delete the entities by editing the core.config_entries file

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