Deleting State does not remove it from the Kanban Board

[Kurt Jensen]

I am editing an existing workflow and deleted a State. The State contained no Issues and there are no transitions to or from it. 

In Kanban's 'Configuration' → Column Management' the deleted State is removed. However, the State is still shown in the Kanban Board.

Why and how do I remove  it?

[Pete Singleton · Accepted solution]

The columns of the Kanban board are different to workflow states.  You need to delete the Status from the workflow (as you have done) and also delete the column from the Kanban board.

[Kurt Jensen]

Pete, thanks. It's resolved. See my reply to Joe.

[Joe Pitt · Accepted solution]

Have you published the workflow? If so try re-indexing

[Kurt Jensen]

Joe, thank you for prompt reply. Yes, I did publish, but couldn't access the indexing function. 

I am an absolute newbie. I realized the State was indeed still visible in Column Management, with a warning that it was no longer used. However, I did not have sufficient privileges to drag it to 'Unmapped'. I got our Admin to grant those privileges.

It's now working as expected. I'm excited about diving further into Jira!