# How to delete step/stage in recipe?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489 "2022-12-15T12:09:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JimP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/jimp/32/7739_2.png) [@JimP](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JimP)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489/1 "2022-12-15T12:09:25Z")

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What am I missing? I don’t see any way to delete a step/stage when editing my recipe. Also I am getting a “ghost” stage attached to the main stage which I can not get rid of:

 ![ghost](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/anova/original/2X/3/3aef7c195a6e190e879610aef737a6cb769531b2.png)  
TIA  
Jim

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**Author:** ![Kimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kimi](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Kimi)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489/2 "2024-08-09T16:47:10Z")

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I am having the same problem. I see you never got an answer…

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**Author:** ![James2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@James2](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/James2)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489/3 "2026-06-10T18:17:15Z")

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Hi Jim, Did you ever figure out how to get rid of the “ghost” stages. Just got oven and having the same issue which I posted about today.

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**Author:** ![JimP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/jimp/32/7739_2.png) [@JimP](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JimP)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489/4 "2026-06-10T22:48:10Z")

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Hi MG,  
No, I just live with it.  
Anova is not the most forthcoming in addressing user issues!

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**Author:** ![Lucy6789](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Lucy6789](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Lucy6789)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/how-to-delete-step-stage-in-recipe/31489/5 "2026-09-11T15:03:35Z")

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I’ve seen something similar. It looks like the extra stage may be a UI bug. Have you tried clicking the ghost stage or opening its menu to see if a delete option appears?