# Ignition Gateway Database Connection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586 "2023-03-03T14:29:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![melwadeya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/1 "2023-03-03T14:29:09Z")

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Hi,

I noticed that there is a folder in the database folder within the system tag folder (see screenshot). I cannot delete this empty folder. there is no database connection with this name. could you please advise?

note: want to delete since it appears in the diagnostic dashboard

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/6/d674ecf3d068050337a09b378d580a300934a9d9.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/f/9ff3da60d4614ca79f29e8a219c59a59a6c18936.png)

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/2 "2023-03-03T14:59:25Z")

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What version are you currently running?

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**Author:** ![melwadeya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/3 "2023-03-03T15:56:42Z")

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Hi,

Ignition Gateway 8.1.20

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/4 "2023-03-03T16:00:54Z")

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This is a bug that was supposed to be fixed in 8.1.3. Do you know if the connections were deleted prior to upgrading to 8.1.3 or later?

If so, you could try creating a new database connection with the same name and then delete it again. That might clear up the system tags.

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**Author:** ![melwadeya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/5 "2023-03-03T17:27:38Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for asking, I created a connection and then deleted it. now I have same but it is not empty now:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/7/77c6d5b28055274dc17959028e653a3f3d629d14.png)

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-database-connection/70586/6 "2023-03-03T17:53:02Z")

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It would probably be best to open a support ticket to dig into the issue further.

[https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us)