# IncludeEmpty option is re-rendering the ChannelList

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeempty-option-is-re-rendering-the-channellist/3315>\
**Category:** React\
**Tags:** javascript, uikit, bug\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeempty-option-is-re-rendering-the-channellist/3315 "2021-11-01T23:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jared](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/jared/32/2243_2.png) [@Jared](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Jared)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeempty-option-is-re-rendering-the-channellist/3315/9 "2022-03-25T19:42:26Z")

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This is such a footgun, I think it should be considered a bug in the UIKit library and should get fixed. This happened to me, pretty much exactly as it happened to Henry. Using the components in this way, there seems to be no way to get empty channels without this React hack.

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