# \[Bug\] Cannot delete component

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365 "2020-09-03T18:25:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tim/32/3361_2.png) [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365/1 "2020-09-03T18:25:56Z")

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In Vision 8.0.15 if you bind a property on a group to a property on another component then ungroup that group you will then not be able to delete the other component.

Repeatable with the visibility property on a group bound to the Selected property of a toggle button. After ungrouping the group attempts to delete the toggle button give error “Cannot Delete. Cannot get path for floating component: Group”. No workaround found which allows the toggle button to be deleted (recreating the group does not work)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365/2 "2020-09-03T19:05:12Z")

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Interesting. Probably have to do some surgery with the window XML (via the shift-right-click menu).

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Rzewnicki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@Mark\_Rzewnicki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mark_Rzewnicki)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365/3 "2022-12-09T22:35:28Z")

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Sorry to bump this more than 2 years later - was a fix ever found for this? I have the same problem.

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**Author:** ![Chance\_Lekeufack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@Chance\_Lekeufack](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chance_Lekeufack)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-cannot-delete-component/38365/4 "2023-03-28T15:26:06Z")

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Had the same problem and it would let me delete an item if it was the only thing in the container, so I had to add another item first I could delete the one I wanted gone