Removing a device from the devices list

[l0drex]

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Describe your request

I could not find a way to remove a device. It would be great to have this option if a phone is replaced or after reinstalling Linux on a paired pc.

Proposed solution

A simple button on the right next to the status would be great.

Alternatives

Maybe a right click menu on the device in the list?

GSConnect version

55

Installed from

Extension Manager

GNOME Shell version

44.0

Linux distribution/release

Fedora 38

Additional context

For example, I have switched distro on one paired PC and now the old device is in the list and I can't remove it. Please let me know if there is a temporary solution, like deleting an entry in a file somewhere. I am unable to connect that pc now, and I wonder if that is due to the "old" device still present in the list.

[ferdnyc]

@l0drex Even if a device isn't currently connectable, you should be able to click on it to open its settings, then choose "Unpair" from the menu on the window titlebar. That will effectively remove it from GSConnect.

(That may also remove it from the Devices list, unless it's still actively responding to GSConnect's device scans. The list in Devices is made up of all paired devices, plus discoverable devices that responded to scans. So, still seeing an unpaired device is possible if there's some GSConnect or kdeconnectd installation still responding to scans from the same address. But in those cases, too, Unpairing and then Pairing again would be the correct steps to make connections work with the new/reconfigured device.)

Not being able to connect to a device you can see in the list can also be a case of not having its firewall configured to allow GSConnect's traffic through. (Discovering a device only requires that it respond to scans, which is allowed with the default firewall configuration. But then actually connecting to it requires opened ports in the firewall.) Make sure you've opened up the kdeconnect service ports in the new distro's firewall configuration.

[l0drex]

Oh ok, that worked. In my opinion that's not an obvious place to look at, a button in the list would be easier to find 😅