# \[UE5.1.1\] Text property on textblock widget fails to unlink properly.

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**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, bug-report, editor, slate, Widget, Blueprint, CPP, question, UMG\
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-1-1-text-property-on-textblock-widget-fails-to-unlink-properly/1180703 "2023-05-27T21:24:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-1-1-text-property-on-textblock-widget-fails-to-unlink-properly/1180703/1 "2023-05-27T21:24:29Z")

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When attempting to delete a string table, I found that a UserWidget was still referencing it. The UserWidget only contained 2 text blocks and no text properties, both text block texts were already unlinked from localization. Odd. Then I saw it:

![afbeelding](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/1/a/41abb7458545e32534be69fa73516fd5afa855b5.png)

The textblock widget still shows “Placeholder” next to the widget icon on the widget hierarchy panel. Which makes no sense because its text property is unlinked and I typed a culture invariant text “MyCompany” in it.

![afbeelding](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/5/0/b50ec86a782494a31c7aff898fada6f2666974b9.png)

Changing the culture invariant text made the text on the widget hierarchy panel update. After this the string table was no longer referenced. Apparently there is a garbage reference stored in UserWidgets somewhere other than textblock fields.

I don’t know what triggers it but I had to modify text properties on about 20 UserWidgets to fully dereference the string table before its deletion. Must be a common trigger then.