If you’re having trouble with a HomeKit accessory or selling or giving it away, follow along for how to remove HomeKit accessories from the Home app. We’ll look at removing devices that connect with a bridge as well as those without.

Whether you’ve never removed a HomeKit accessory from the Home app or it’s been a while, below we’ll cover a few different scenarios you might come across on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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How to remove HomeKit accessories from the Home app

  • Open the Home app
  • Long-press on an accessory (on Mac right-click)
  • Tap the Settings gear in the bottom right corner (or just swipe down)
  • Swipe to the bottom and look for Remove Accessory
  • Tap it once, then again to confirm

Here’s how this looks on iPhone:

For HomeKit devices with a bridge:

  • In the HomeKit device’s settings, tap Bridge

  • Toward the top, you’ll see how many devices are connected through that bridge

  • If you’re ready to remove all devices connected through it, tap Remove Bridge from Home

  • If you don’t want to remove all devices, try heading to the accessory’s app (in my case Lutron) to remove just a single accessory.

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