# Removed images still in dataset glitch

**URL:** <https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/removed-images-still-in-dataset-glitch/9000>\
**Category:** 🛠️ Feature Reqs\
**Tags:** bugs\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/removed-images-still-in-dataset-glitch/9000 "2025-03-13T15:15:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adrtse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/adrtse/32/6857_2.png) [@adrtse](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/adrtse)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/removed-images-still-in-dataset-glitch/9000/1 "2025-03-13T15:15:38Z")

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Hello, I am having the same issue as this user from 10 months ago [Bugged images in dataset](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/bugged-images-in-dataset/5901)

I am forking publicly available datasets and deleting unneeded images and classes, but I am also having this issue across multiple datasets including one that I created and uploaded images to. When I remove images, whether it be through selection or clicking the image and clicking remove, it seems to go through, however, the image reappears as if I refresh the page in the dataset. For simplicity, I’m just going to call those “zombie images”.

When I click on a zombie image from the dataset, nothing happens. If I open up an image actually in the dataset and click on the arrows to previous/next image, it eventually leads to a zombie image and freezes. If I select from the dataset and include a zombie image in the selection, then click action remove, it says an error occurred. This makes it difficult to vet through public datasets.

Here is a screen recording demonstrating the bug: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-B5h0kle9c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-B5h0kle9c)

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**Author:** ![Lake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/lake/32/4110_2.png) [@Lake](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Lake)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/removed-images-still-in-dataset-glitch/9000/2 "2025-03-18T15:46:08Z")

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Thank you for your error report. We’ll look into the issue and get back to you when we make progress.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_França](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/tony_fran%C3%A7a/32/4115_2.png) [@Tony\_França](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Tony_Fran%C3%A7a)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/removed-images-still-in-dataset-glitch/9000/3 "2025-03-19T14:35:46Z")

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@adrtse we’re still investigating the issue but still haven’t found a way to reliably reproduce it.  
(I tried forking the [same project](https://universe.roboflow.com/yolo-experiment-sara-rahimi/aerial-images-vugjs/) and deleting some images, but “unfortunately it all works on my machine”)

We’ll keep digging, but if you find a way to reliably reproduce the bug, please let me know! 🙂