# Default Lead Stages under Data Management

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/default-lead-stages-under-data-management/94508>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** account-settings\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/default-lead-stages-under-data-management/94508 "2023-11-21T17:59:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MAlamo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@MAlamo7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MAlamo7)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/default-lead-stages-under-data-management/94508/1 "2023-11-21T17:59:41Z")

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I would like to be able to remove default stages when configuring lead stages under data management.  
Data management \> Objects \> Leads \> Lead Stages.

There are 3 default stages with automations that I cannot delete. A suggestion by support was to rename the stage but these automations would not work for us in any scenario and I can’t edit the automations either. For now, I am going to name these stages as test and not have anyone use them. It still clogs up our stages as I can’t change the order they are in either.

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**Author:** ![KTownsend](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ktownsend/32/54945_2.png) [@KTownsend](https://community.hubspot.com/u/KTownsend)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/default-lead-stages-under-data-management/94508/2 "2025-09-11T12:59:03Z")

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This is so needed! It’s annoying we can rename the stages but not delete them. For our lead process we don’t need all 5 stages.