# Is there a way to edit an empty component?

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Tags:** components\
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259 "2024-06-21T19:54:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kanepaamauloa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/kanepaamauloa/32/8944_2.png) [@kanepaamauloa](https://community.weweb.io/u/kanepaamauloa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259/1 "2024-06-21T19:54:44Z")

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I created a component, and I accidentally deleted all of its contents.

Now, I can’t double-click into it because its practically empty.

Is there another way to open it?

I have workflows and other things that I set up in it!

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**Author:** ![Broberto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/broberto/32/5918_2.png) [@Broberto](https://community.weweb.io/u/Broberto)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259/2 "2024-06-21T20:59:33Z")

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You could go into the layers on the left, select it and then on the top right, you should have an option to edit it.

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**Author:** ![kanepaamauloa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/kanepaamauloa/32/8944_2.png) [@kanepaamauloa](https://community.weweb.io/u/kanepaamauloa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259/3 "2024-06-21T21:53:42Z")

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Thank you!!

I’ve had to recreate a component a few times because of this!

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**Author:** ![andrii\_r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrii\_r](https://community.weweb.io/u/andrii_r)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-an-empty-component/9259/4 "2024-06-21T22:33:32Z")

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If you’re talking about the text component, just temporarily add padding ~50, then you can click on it 2 times to enter text without using a formula