# Amazon Alexa Sent refresh command to

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**Category:** Devices & Integrations\
**Created:** [October 25, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/amazon-alexa-sent-refresh-command-to/102921 "2017-10-25T15:19:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/amazon-alexa-sent-refresh-command-to/102921/5 "2017-10-25T16:39:19Z")

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Only way I’ve found to resolve this is to remove the device from smartthings completely and re-add it.   
Then do a discovery in the Alexa app.

Having the same problem here with all Arlo and Sengled connected bulbs:

> [@Alexa refresh commands every 10 min](https://community.smartthings.com/t/alexa-refresh-commands-every-10-min/102917):
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> Started happening on my devices after I removed all devices from Alexa via webpage and then did a re-discover. From the Smartthings logging I’m getting the Alexa refresh on all my Arlo devices camera/base and Sengled Bulbs. Every 10 min. Hue bulbs don’t appear to be effected (maybe because the hue hub is logging the alerts)? Picture before removing and doing a re-discover on Alexa App/webpage: And this is after: (I’ll have to put this in a new post as I am a new user and am limited to one picture per post) I’ve read a few places that starting with a clean slate, removing all devices from Smartthings and Alexa and then re-adding to Smartthings and doing a discover with Alexa resolves the issue. No idea if this actually works, but how this issues started would make it seem li…

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