#Tasmota device re-add as new device/entity

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signal lotus
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Hello, I would like to ask for advice on how to handle Tamota devices.

For example: I have one socket with Tasmota connected to HA (e.g., a lamp). Now I want to take this socket and use it for something else (e.g., a 3D printer) – I will rename the FriendlyName, DeviceName, and MQTT topic in Tasmota, and I would expect it to appear as a new device in HA, with the old one remaining offline.

Unfortunately, even after completely renaming Tasmota and changing the MQTT topic, it still clings to the "old entity" of the lamp, including its history. And I am unable to simply add a device that has already been in HA once as a new one.

I suspect that this has something to do with MQTT Discovery, but I haven't been able to do anything about it. Does anyone have instructions on how to "recycle" the Tasmota socket?

Thank you very much.

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Even if I delete the old socket from HA, restart it, and reconfigure the socket (Friendly name, Device Name, MQTT Topic) in the meantime, it will log in as the old entity again after HA starts.

What is it linked to, if obviously not to MQTT Topic?

junior cairn
signal lotus
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Yes, but no sucess...

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If I understand correctly from the documentation, it is connected SOMEHOW based on the MAC address. But I don't fully understand exactly what and how. And whether such a re-addition is even realistic.

bleak epoch
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In the Tasmota console, do so19 1 and then so19 0

junior cairn
bleak epoch