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Trending Lyricist I
January 22, 2025
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Duplicate names for the same device

  • January 22, 2025
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I have inadvertently duplicated the name of the same device on my system. How do I remove one name?

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Best answer by buzz

Rename one of them, then you can differentiate the two entries and ignore the one that you don't like. If a unit is offline it will  disappear from the list In a few days. You can speed the process by resetting the controller.

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controlav
Lead Maestro
January 22, 2025

Rename one to something else. Sonos doesn’t care what the name is, it uses unique ids for each device. The names are just for our eyeballs.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
wdunsfordAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
January 22, 2025

Thanks. But maybe I didn’t make myself clear. I have stupidly added one device to my system twice and given it the same name each time. So want to delete one of those two names. But I don’t seem to be able to. 

buzz
buzzAnswer
Grand Maestro
January 22, 2025

Rename one of them, then you can differentiate the two entries and ignore the one that you don't like. If a unit is offline it will  disappear from the list In a few days. You can speed the process by resetting the controller.

wdunsfordAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
January 22, 2025

Thanks. I’ll give that a try