# Remove selected entries from this group

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** groups\
**Created:** [January 22, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711 "2023-01-22T11:18:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![santo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/santo/32/895_2.png) [@santo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/santo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/1 "2023-01-22T11:18:13Z")

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Dear all,

When I tried to remove a selected entry from a group I got the follow error message "Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[#36, JavaFX Application Tread,5,main]. So, I was unable to remove selected entry from a group and also the message does not go away. So, basically I had to restart JabRef again.

For reference I am using JabRef 5.9 on macOS Monterey.

I found a similar discussion under [this JabRef GitHub discussion](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7556), but it did not solve my problem.

Any idea about this problem?

Thanks,  
Fernando

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/2 "2023-01-22T11:29:09Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for your message. Would it be possible to post the whole error message and the details? This might give us a hint.

Another thing which comes to my mind: Did you happen to have the entry editor open with the selected entry you were trying to remove?

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**Author:** ![santo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/santo/32/895_2.png) [@santo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/santo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/3 "2023-01-22T18:21:11Z")

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Hi Christoph,

Please find attached the entire error message and a print screen of my JabRef 5.9. The entry editor was not opened when I tried to remove the selected group entry. The same behaviour happened using JabRef 5.7.

Thanks for your help.  
Fernando

[error\_message.txt](https://discourse.jabref.org/uploads/short-url/9bSCnwgWOlkRnI4OrLEt6HMfLZY.txt) (12.1 KB)

 ![Screenshot 2023-01-22 at 18.03.15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/a/a40adf044a88851fc06fb6fb32089e5c45040b76.png)

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**Author:** ![santo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/santo/32/895_2.png) [@santo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/santo)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/4 "2023-02-02T07:17:21Z")

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Dear all,

It seems that JabRef 5.9 is unable to remove a reference from a JabRef group. It means that if you add a reference to a group by mistake, you can not remove that reference anymore.

Can you please let me know if you are also facing a this issue? For example, add a reference for a JabRef group and then try to remove it.

Thanks,  
Fernando

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/5 "2023-02-02T18:02:49Z")

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Hi,

I am having troubles reproducing this issue. Can you try to reset your preferences?

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**Author:** ![santo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/santo/32/895_2.png) [@santo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/santo)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/remove-selected-entries-from-this-group/3711/6 "2023-02-05T11:49:05Z")

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Dear Christoph,

Following your advice, I reset my preference, and it works now. Problem solved.

Many thanks for your help! I appreciated.

Thanks,  
Fernando