# Delete a Sensor

To delete a sensor, you must remove all cameras from the sensor. When you remove a camera from a sensor, AlignSight deletes recipe files from the camera. To backup the recipe files, click Yes when prompted. For more information, see Back Up a Sensor.

To remove a camera, complete the following steps:

1. If you have multiple sensors on the network, select the sensor that you want to delete from the Sensor drop-down.

2. If you have one sensor on the network, go to step 3.

3. Select the sensor camera in the Cameras table on the Settings tab, which enables .

4. Click to remove the camera.
5. If you have added two camera to the sensor, repeat steps 3 - 4 to remove the camera.
6. Click . You have deleted the sensor.

Note:

- You cannot delete a sensor only by removing cameras. To delete a sensor, you must click .
- If you add a new camera before you click to delete a sensor, AlignSight creates untrained recipe files from the sensor on the new camera.