# Deleting Nested datatypes

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-nested-datatypes/23180>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-nested-datatypes/23180 "2019-03-08T20:08:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jparsons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@jparsons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jparsons)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-nested-datatypes/23180/1 "2019-03-08T20:08:22Z")

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Hello,

I accidentally dragged a datatype into itself creating a nested datatype. I can’t delete it. Does anyone know of a way to do that besides deleting the whole thing and rebuilding the datatype?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9cd006852fcdf1e64d3f910214d556729c934021.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-nested-datatypes/23180/2 "2019-03-08T20:20:00Z")

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Export the tag, fix it in the .xml directly, then re-import to overwrite your existing instance.