Question: How do I force remove a broken zwave device now?
Answer: although there are multiple methods for doing this now, the easiest it’s just to do it in the smartthings mobile app:
this question is about removing a Device which is actually physically inoperable. If instead you have a Z wave device that you think is working, but you just want to remove it from your account and add it back again, you do need to make sure to complete the exclude step as well.