# Whitelist not deleting entries -non lists
**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774
**Category:** General
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774 "2017-06-22T15:07:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/1 "2017-06-22T15:07:11Z")
Pi-hole Version v3.1 Web Interface Version v3.1 FTL Version v2.9.2
On the admin interface, whitelist entries such as drive.google.com delete but upon refresh they re-appear. When I delete them from the Whitelist file they stay deleted.
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/2 "2017-06-22T15:19:17Z")
Can you show us the permissions of the files in the Pi-hole directory?
```
ls -lach /etc/pihole
```
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/3 "2017-06-23T04:46:24Z")
drwxrwxrwx 2 pihole pihole 4.0K Jun 22 21:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 122 root root 12K Jun 20 14
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/4 "2017-06-23T04:57:13Z")
Which whitelist file are you editing manually?
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/5 "2017-06-23T05:00:43Z")
/etc/pihole/whitelist.txt
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/6 "2017-06-23T05:01:49Z")
Okay, and the permissions on that file?
```
ls -lach /etc/pihole/whitelist.txt
```
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/7 "2017-06-23T05:02:30Z")
> [@DanSchaper](#):
>
> ls -lach /etc/pihole/whitelist.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 4.3K Jun 22 22:01 /etc/pihole/whitelist.txt
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/8 "2017-06-23T05:03:12Z")
Are there any other files in the `/etc/pihole` directory?
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/9 "2017-06-23T05:04:43Z")
yes, lots. all the lists, blacklist.txt, etc
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/10 "2017-06-23T05:05:05Z")
Can you run `pihole -d` and get us the debug token so we can take a look at the files?
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/11 "2017-06-23T05:07:11Z")
Thanks! Here is the token. nf00a0p073
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/12 "2017-06-23T05:18:29Z")
There looks to be duplicates of your wildcard lists in `/etc/dhcpcd.d/` a `03` and and `x03`. Also you have source lists that are not Pi-hole compatible in your sources list. Those need to be removed and then `pihole -r` to repair the install when they have been removed.
> [@How do I add additional block lists to Pi-hole?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-add-additional-block-lists-to-pi-hole/259):
>
> Pi-hole's Default Block Lists List Formats It's very important that whatever lists you decide to add to Pi-hole are in [HOSTS format](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/hosts.5.html). Pi-hole's knows how to parse these lists. As you'll see below, things like Adblock Plus' EasyLists can't be automatically imported into Pi-hole. If you are interested in adding additional domains to block, check out [WaLLy3K's blocklist compilation](https://wally3k.github.io/). Easiest way to add additional lists UPDATE: As of version 3.0, adlist management can now be done via the web UI, …
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/13 "2017-06-23T05:26:22Z")
I do not see a /etc/dhcpcd.d directory.
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### Author:  [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/14 "2017-06-23T05:45:26Z")
My apologies, it's the `/etc/dnsmasq.d` directory.
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/15 "2017-06-23T11:10:28Z")
ok, thanks. I removed the duplicate x03. When you say I have source lists that are not compatible what do you mean by that?
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### Author:  [@jacob.salmela](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jacob.salmela)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/16 "2017-06-23T14:48:37Z")
The lists need to be in [HOSTS format](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/hosts.5.html).
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### Author:  [@pcgorilla](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/pcgorilla)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/whitelist-not-deleting-entries-non-lists/3774/17 "2017-06-23T18:31:51Z")
Thanks a bunch for the assistance.