How to Remove My Custom Nodes Shown in Add-ons Area in Dynamo

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I am new to use Dynamo in Revit. I have been adding and deleting many Custom Nodes. When I add a new Custom Node, I always specify “Revit” as the “Category” for the new Custom Node. The result is that I have many Custom Nodes under “Revit” in Add-ons area of Dynamo. I have already removed the actual Dynamo definition files of half of my Custom Nodes. But they still show up under “Revit” in Add-ons.

Please let me know how to remove them from Add-ons area. Thanks.

Old Custom Nodes Left in Revit Add-ons Area in Dynamo
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Hi @JC_BL,

Check your backup folder (C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\backup).
Some .dyf files could be inside that folder.

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Thanks for your reply.

Somehow the unwanted Custom Nodes have disappeared from the Add-ons area in Dynamo despite the fact that they are still in the backup folder. I am not exactly sure what caused them to go away. But the last thing that I did was removing all the unwanted entries from RecentFiles section in the DynamoSettings.xml file that is in this folder:

C:\Users%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit<version#>

I don’t see how removing the entries from the RecentFiles section of the XML file can also remove the unwanted entries from Add-ons. Therefore, this may not be it.

The second from the last thing that I did was to remove all the script/definition files away from the original folder, and to move those that I want to keep in a new folder, and then I changed the path in “Manage Node and Package Paths” to the new folder. This “may” be the trigger that caused Dynamo to remove those unwanted entries from Add-ons area. Not sure.

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OK. I did some more test, and I am sure that the solution has nothing to do with removing entries from RecentFiles section of the XML file.

Unfortunately I still cannot figure out how the problem started and how it went away. I have a vague feeling that the problem might be triggered if the unwanted script was stored in a folder that is not in “Manage Node and Package Paths”. But I cannot trigger that error on demand. Therefore, I am not sure.

I have a feeling that the unwanted entries were removed when I remove all the script/definition files away from the original folder, and to move those that I want to keep in a new folder, and then I changed the path in “Manage Node and Package Paths” to the new folder. This “may” trigger Dynamo to remove those unwanted entries from Add-ons area.