# Chasing down "used in grid summary"

**URL:** <https://air.tableforums.com/t/chasing-down-used-in-grid-summary/1668>\
**Category:** Airtable Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/chasing-down-used-in-grid-summary/1668 "2026-07-18T17:01:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/chasing-down-used-in-grid-summary/1668/1 "2026-07-18T17:01:06Z")

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I’m doing some cleanup on a base and trying to eliminate the dependencies for an old field so I can delete it and I keep running into the “used in grid summary.” Some googling and chatGPT made it clear that it should refer to the summary at the bottom of the column, but I have turned off the summaries for all the columns and this dependency is still showing up. Has anyone else run into this?

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-18 at 12.54.41 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/2X/d/de493764a007ab299cf24afd0677ff55ffeb05ab.png)

FWIW, I know that this is a pretty lightweight dependency and nothing should break if I just delete the field, but I’m curious if this is a known issue.