diff --git a/src/editor/ActionsDomains.ts b/src/editor/ActionsDomains.ts
index 08ddfbb..d0d42b6 100644
--- a/src/editor/ActionsDomains.ts
+++ b/src/editor/ActionsDomains.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {removeBall, updateComponent} from "./TacticContentDomains"
 import {
     areInSamePath,
     changePlayerBallState,
-    getComponent,
     getOrigin,
+    getPlayerNextTo,
     isNextInPath,
     removePlayer
 } from "./PlayerDomains"
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ export function removeAllActionsTargeting(
 
 export function removeAction(
     origin: TacticComponent,
-    action: Action,
     actionIdx: number,
     content: TacticContent,
 ): TacticContent {
+    const action = origin.actions[actionIdx]
     origin = {
         ...origin,
         actions: origin.actions.toSpliced(actionIdx, 1),
@@ -431,12 +431,8 @@ export function removeAction(
 
     // if the action type is a screen over a player, remove the phantom bound to the target
     if (action.type === ActionKind.SCREEN && (origin.type === "phantom" || origin.type === "player")) {
-        const playerOrigin = origin.type === "phantom" ? getOrigin(origin, content.components) : origin
-        const pathItems = playerOrigin.path?.items!
-        const originIdx = pathItems.indexOf(origin.id)
-        // remove the screen phantom
-        const phantomId = pathItems.at(originIdx + 1)!
-        content = removePlayer(getComponent(phantomId, content.components), content)
+        const screenPhantom = getPlayerNextTo(origin, 1, content.components)!
+        content = removePlayer(screenPhantom, content)
     }
 
     return content
@@ -506,7 +502,7 @@ export function spreadNewStateFromOriginStateChange(
         }
 
         if (deleteAction) {
-            content = removeAction(origin, action, i, content)
+            content = removeAction(origin, i, content)
             origin = content.components.find((c) => c.id === origin.id)! as
                 | Player
                 | PlayerPhantom
diff --git a/src/editor/PlayerDomains.ts b/src/editor/PlayerDomains.ts
index 623d0ec..add77a1 100644
--- a/src/editor/PlayerDomains.ts
+++ b/src/editor/PlayerDomains.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ export function getOrigin(
     return components.find((c) => c.id == pathItem.originPlayerId)! as Player
 }
 
+export function getPlayerNextTo(player: PlayerLike, n: number, components: TacticComponent[]): PlayerLike | undefined {
+    const playerOrigin = player.type === "player" ? player : getOrigin(player, components)
+    const pathItems = playerOrigin.path?.items!
+
+    // add one as there is a shifting because a Player is never at the head of its own path
+    const idx = pathItems.indexOf(player.id) + 1 // is 0 if the player is the origin
+
+    const targetIdx = idx + n
+
+    // remove the screen phantom
+    const result = targetIdx == 0 ? playerOrigin : getComponent<PlayerLike>(pathItems[targetIdx - 1], components)
+    console.log(result, targetIdx, idx, n)
+    return result
+}
+
 //FIXME this function can be a bottleneck if the phantom's position is
 // following another phantom and / or the origin of the phantom is another
 export function computePhantomPositioning(phantom: PlayerPhantom,
@@ -151,6 +166,19 @@ export function removePlayer(
     content = removeAllPhantomsAttached(player.id, content)
 
     if (player.type === "phantom") {
+
+        const pos = player.pos
+        // if the phantom was attached to another player, remove the action that symbolizes the attachment
+        if (pos.type === "follows") {
+            const playerBefore = getPlayerNextTo(player, -1, content.components)!
+            const actionIdx = playerBefore.actions.findIndex(a => a.target === pos.attach)
+            console.log(actionIdx, playerBefore)
+            content = updateComponent({
+                ...playerBefore,
+                actions: playerBefore.actions.toSpliced(actionIdx, 1)
+            }, content)
+        }
+
         const origin = getOrigin(player, content.components)
         return truncatePlayerPath(origin, player, content)
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/Editor.tsx b/src/pages/Editor.tsx
index f8d6d97..776623a 100644
--- a/src/pages/Editor.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Editor.tsx
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ function EditorView({
     )
 
     const doDeleteAction = useCallback(
-        (action: Action, idx: number, origin: TacticComponent) => {
-            setContent((content) => removeAction(origin, action, idx, content))
+        (_: Action, idx: number, origin: TacticComponent) => {
+            setContent((content) => removeAction(origin, idx, content))
         },
         [setContent],
     )