Home Assistant - Stale & Unavailable Devices Cleanup#

This checklist tracks all stale, orphaned, and currently unavailable entities in Home Assistant grouped by physical/virtual device. Use the interactive checkboxes (- [ ]) to track your manual cleanup in the Home Assistant UI or via SSH.

Summary Stats:

• Total Devices / Groups: 5
• Total Affected Entities: 21
• Stale Restored Entities (Registry Orphans / Deprecated): 10
• Currently Unavailable Entities (Offline Hardware / Connection Loss): 11

Cleanup Methods#

1. UI Deletion (Recommended for Stale / Orphaned Entities):
   • Go to Settings > Devices & Services > Entities.
   • Filter by Status: Restored / Unavailable or search the entity ID.
   • Select the checkbox next to the entity and click Delete Selected (red button at top).
2. Device / Integration Reconfiguration:
   • If an entire device is decommissioned (e.g. old Meross Coop Door opener replaced by ESPHome), go to Settings > Devices & Services > [Integration] > Devices, click the 3 dots on the device card, and click Delete.
3. Companion App Cleanup:
   • On mobile devices, disable unused tracking sensors in HA App Settings > Companion App > Manage Sensors to remove them cleanly.

1. Meross Smart Plugs, Switches & Openers (1 Devices, 2 Entities)#

• Garage Driveway Lights (Meross Dimmer) (Garage — 2 entities — Unavailable / Offline)
  • light.garage_driveway_lights_meross_dimmer — Garage Driveway Lights (Meross Dimmer) (light) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.garage_driveway_lights_meross_dimmer_signal_strength — Garage Driveway Lights (Meross Dimmer) - signal_strength (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable

2. Aqara, Zigbee & Matter Sensors (3 Devices, 17 Entities)#

• Aqara Motion Sensor (No Area — 5 entities — Stale Restored)

  • binary_sensor.aqara_motion_sensor_occupancy — Aqara Motion Sensor Occupancy (binary_sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • button.aqara_motion_sensor_identify — Aqara Motion Sensor Identify (button) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.aqara_motion_sensor_battery — Aqara Motion Sensor Battery (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.aqara_motion_sensor_battery_type — Aqara Motion Sensor Battery type (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.aqara_motion_sensor_battery_voltage — Aqara Motion Sensor Battery voltage (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)

• Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor (No Area — 7 entities — Unavailable / Offline)

  • button.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_identify — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Identify (button) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • button.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_identify_2 — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Identify (button) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_battery — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Battery (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_battery_type — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Battery type (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_battery_voltage — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Battery voltage (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_humidity — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Humidity (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_temperature — Aqara Temp/Humidity Sensor Temperature (sensor) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable

• Garage Matter Motion Sensor (Garage — 5 entities — Stale Restored)

  • binary_sensor.garage_matter_motion_sensor_occupancy — Garage Matter Motion Sensor Occupancy (binary_sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • button.garage_matter_motion_sensor_identify — Garage Matter Motion Sensor Identify (button) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.garage_matter_motion_sensor_battery — Garage Matter Motion Sensor Battery (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.garage_matter_motion_sensor_battery_type — Garage Matter Motion Sensor Battery type (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)
  • sensor.garage_matter_motion_sensor_battery_voltage — Garage Matter Motion Sensor Battery voltage (sensor) — ⚠️ Stale Restored (Orphaned)

3. Power Monitoring & Network Hardware (1 Devices, 2 Entities)#

• Starlink Mini (Lab — 2 entities — Unavailable / Offline)
  • time.lab_starlink_mini_sleep_end — Starlink Mini Sleep end (time) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable
  • time.lab_starlink_mini_sleep_start — Starlink Mini Sleep start (time) — 🔴 Offline / Unavailable