# Error adding gateway removed

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/error-adding-gateway-removed/67621>\
**Category:** Gateways\
**Tags:** gateways\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/error-adding-gateway-removed/67621 "2024-04-17T16:16:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![raulgr2](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@raulgr2](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/raulgr2)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/error-adding-gateway-removed/67621/1 "2024-04-17T16:16:15Z")

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I am having the error of being able to add a gateway that was previously deleted.

{  
“code”: 6,  
“message”: “error:pkg/util/store:id\_taken (ID already taken, choose a different one and try again)”,  
“details”: [  
{  
“@type”: “[type.googleapis.com/ttn.lorawan.v3.ErrorDetails](http://type.googleapis.com/ttn.lorawan.v3.ErrorDetails)”,  
“namespace”: “pkg/util/store”,  
“name”: “id\_taken”,  
“message\_format”: “ID already taken, choose a different one and try again”,  
“correlation\_id”: “2ea47abb41114b05911e5ab9276de6e9”,  
“cause”: {  
“namespace”: “pkg/util/store”,  
“name”: “already\_exists”,  
“message\_format”: “already exists”,  
“correlation\_id”: “0005f4bee0ef41d3a50d57d024004386”,  
“code”: 6  
},  
“code”: 6  
}  
]  
}

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**Author:** ![kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/kersing/32/44777_2.png) [@kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/kersing)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/error-adding-gateway-removed/67621/2 "2024-04-17T17:36:36Z")

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> [@raulgr2](#):
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> ID already taken, choose a different one and try again

Read the error message, think ID =!= EUI.  
And if you still need more, search the forum with this error message as this question comes up (almost) weekly so there is a wealth of information available.

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**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/error-adding-gateway-removed/67621/3 "2024-04-17T18:21:03Z")

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It is deeply disappointing that having asked on Slack that you did not follow the advice that I gave which is **IDENTICAL** to the advice that @kersing has given you.

Please do not contact anyone via private message but put in to action the advice you have been given.