How do you delete/remove/hide contracts from Ethereum Wallet (aka mist)?

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I have tons of experimental contracts I created as part of doing tutorials which I no longer need. I know I can kill the contract (from https://www.ethereum.org/greeter tutorial) but that still leaves the contracts grayed out.

Fabian Vogelsteller · Answer 1 · 2016-04-10T11:55:04.560

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Thats not so easy, if they are created on the testnet we gray them out. So you can't click on it and then on the trash can next to the name, on the contract page.

You would need to open the console (CMD/CTRL + ALT + i) and type: CustomContracts.find().fetch()

Then look at the contract you want to remove and copy its _id. Then type: CustomContracts.remove('the_id_you_copied')

edited Apr 10 '16 at 11:55

answered Apr 05 '16 at 22:46

Fabian Vogelsteller

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You can do the same with Tokens or CustomContracts – Fabian Vogelsteller Apr 05 '16 at 22:47
This is also the answer for http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/2103/42 ? – eth Apr 06 '16 at 02:26
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I get VM1547:2 Uncaught ReferenceError: Contracts is not defined(…) in my console – Makoto Apr 09 '16 at 20:46
When I click on the trash can, I have to confirm by giving the name of the contract. I do that, press Ok, the dialog goes away, but the contract remains. Trying the console commands fails as shown by @Makoto. – Lars Pensjö Apr 10 '16 at 09:15
I fix the issue in the next version, you then just need to type "delete" – Fabian Vogelsteller Apr 10 '16 at 11:55
@Makoto, here is fix - https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/2891 – Vanja Dev Feb 14 '18 at 16:18

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 16 '18 at 14:14

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Or you can remove them all:

CustomContracts.find().fetch().map(
   function(m) { CustomContracts.remove(m._id);}
)

If you get an error saying "CustomContracts is not defined", be sure to open developer tools from the Contracts page via right clicking and selecting "Open Developer Tools," then navigating to the console.

edited Jun 16 '18 at 14:14

Ann Kilzer

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answered Aug 17 '17 at 17:00

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How do you delete/remove/hide contracts from Ethereum Wallet (aka mist)?

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