diff --git a/modules/glmv.js b/modules/glmv.js
index 61207af..d6d616f 100644
--- a/modules/glmv.js
+++ b/modules/glmv.js
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ onAnnotation = function(e) {
     if (deleteHotspot) {
         deleteHotspot = null
         enableViewer()
+        const anName = e.target.childNodes[0].innerText
+        let purgeAnnotation = new RegExp('(?<="annotationSets"[\\S\\s]*?)(^.*?' + anName + '.*\n)','gm')
         e.target.remove()
+        const editText = $('#wpTextbox1').val()
+        const newText = editText.replace(purgeAnnotation,'')
+        const finalText = newText.replace(/(,)(\n\s+])/gm,'$2')
+        $('#wpTextbox1').val(finalText)
         writeMetadata()
         readMetadata()
         return