# Type: `none`

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#### NOTE The `none` device type is supported for both containers and VMs. A `none` device doesn’t have any properties and doesn’t create anything inside the instance. Its only purpose is to stop inheriting devices that come from profiles. To do so, add a device with the same name as the one that you do not want to inherit, but with the device type `none`. You can add this device either in a profile that is applied after the profile that contains the original device, or directly on the instance. ## Configuration examples Add a `none` device to an instance: ```none lxc config device add none ``` See [Configure devices](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/instances_configure/index.html.md#instances-configure-devices) for more information.