# Cannot clear positions in paper trading account

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cannot-clear-positions-in-paper-trading-account/4991>\
**Category:** Alpaca Account Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cannot-clear-positions-in-paper-trading-account/4991 "2021-03-16T18:44:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yadong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a8b319/32.png) [@Yadong](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Yadong)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cannot-clear-positions-in-paper-trading-account/4991/1 "2021-03-16T18:44:17Z")

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The position displayed seems not consistent with the backend numbers somehow as when I trying to liquidate positions (either manually from website UI or from Python SDK), the order cannot go through. The error displayed on UI is shown below. I didn’t find the same issue for the live account currently.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-16 at 11.41.39 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/2X/3/366eb368a8efcef82c0c43cc0220c91569eb17f6.png)

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**Author:** ![kris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/kris/32/163_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/kris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cannot-clear-positions-in-paper-trading-account/4991/2 "2021-03-17T04:18:37Z")

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you might have made a order already

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**Author:** ![Yadong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a8b319/32.png) [@Yadong](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Yadong)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cannot-clear-positions-in-paper-trading-account/4991/3 "2021-03-17T06:14:54Z")

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Thanks, Kris. Problem resolved after I clear all existing orders in Python, maybe it’s just the web UI not update in time for orders or I overlooked it.