# Distill monitors configured for another device — can't validate anymore

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/distill-monitors-configured-for-another-device-cant-validate-anymore/5920>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/distill-monitors-configured-for-another-device-cant-validate-anymore/5920 "2026-02-17T19:53:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomasfhf1](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@tomasfhf1](https://forums.distill.io/u/tomasfhf1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/distill-monitors-configured-for-another-device-cant-validate-anymore/5920/1 "2026-02-17T19:53:40Z")

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Hi,

For the past 2–3 days I haven’t been able to validate my monitors in Distill. I’m getting a message saying that the monitors are configured for a different device and that changes can only be checked on that device.

I’ve been validating these monitors without any issues for about a year, and this error just started appearing recently. I’ve tried switching the device in the settings, but it doesn’t solve the problem.

What can I do to fix this? Is there a way to reassign the monitors to my current device or reset the configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![srijith](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@srijith](https://forums.distill.io/u/srijith)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/distill-monitors-configured-for-another-device-cant-validate-anymore/5920/2 "2026-02-18T16:32:38Z")

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@tomasfhf1 Thanks for the detailed explanation — that helps.

To better understand what’s happening, could you please clarify a few things:

1. Which device were these monitors originally running on?

2. Which device did you switch to when trying to resolve the issue?

3. Where exactly are you seeing this error message?

4. Could you please share a **screenshot of the exact error message**?

Looking forward to your reply so we can get this sorted out.