# Find/Replace does not allow replace with empty string

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-does-not-allow-replace-with-empty-string/11550>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 20, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-does-not-allow-replace-with-empty-string/11550 "2016-04-20T21:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fledder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fledder)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-does-not-allow-replace-with-empty-string/11550/1 "2016-04-20T21:37:09Z")

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I am trying to reorganize my windows without the “Main Windows” folder. So I want to do a global find/replace of “Main Windows/’ and replace with an empty string (”"), but that is not allowed by the find / replace dialog.

Ignition 7.8.0  
Java 1.8.0\_65  
Windows 7

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-does-not-allow-replace-with-empty-string/11550/2 "2016-06-09T23:02:59Z")

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This is a known issue that was fixed in Ignition 7.8.1