# Clearing old part out of memory in Cura/Taz 5

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702>\
**Category:** Software\
**Created:** [April 28, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702 "2015-04-28T18:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surfguitar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Surfguitar58](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Surfguitar58)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702/1 "2015-04-28T18:50:31Z")

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I apologize for the newbie question, but: In Cura, after finishing a print job, I delete the old part from the build plate, load a new model, adjust the settings, and hit “print”, but my Taz 5 starts printing the previous model. I can’t find anything like “clear memory” in the command structure. Am I missing an obvious step? Please note this only happens about 1/2 the time, and after repeated tries, the new model somehow loads.

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**Author:** ![nopick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@nopick](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/nopick)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702/2 "2015-04-28T18:58:52Z")

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Are you closing the printer control window after each build? I think you have to close and reopen it for the new gcode to be loaded.

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**Author:** ![Electron752](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Electron752](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Electron752)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702/3 "2015-04-28T19:41:55Z")

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I was hitting the same issue when I first started. I think it’s a bug in Cura.

What I do to work around it is close out cura whenever I want to load a new model. I also rename the STL file with each version. AKA. FOOBAR\_V1.stl, FOOBAR\_V2.stl. I know it’s a bit silly, but I don’t see the problem anymore.

Also, more recently I’ve been using Printrun from the command prompt for various unrelated reasons. I use Cura to load the STL, then save the gcode to a file. Then load the gcode in printrun.

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**Author:** ![Surfguitar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Surfguitar58](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Surfguitar58)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/clearing-old-part-out-of-memory-in-cura-taz-5/1702/4 "2015-04-29T20:57:33Z")

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Closing and re-opening the control window seems to work. Thanks nopick and Electron752!