diff --git a/src/lib/integrations/__tests__/sources-in-use.test.ts b/src/lib/integrations/__tests__/sources-in-use.test.ts
index 92f72bb06..9f1aa9fed 100644
--- a/src/lib/integrations/__tests__/sources-in-use.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/integrations/__tests__/sources-in-use.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ describe("getSourcesInUse", () => {
     expect(await getSourcesInUse("u1")).toEqual(["MANUAL"]);
   });
 
+  it("does not count a source whose readings were all deleted", async () => {
+    // The probe answers like the database: a MANUAL row exists, but it is a
+    // tombstone, so only a probe that admits deleted rows finds it.
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findFirst).mockImplementation(((args: {
+      where: { source: string; deletedAt?: null };
+    }) =>
+      Promise.resolve(
+        args.where.source === "MANUAL" && !("deletedAt" in args.where)
+          ? { id: "m-deleted" }
+          : null,
+      )) as never);
+
+    expect(await getSourcesInUse("u1")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("lists a connected integration that has not delivered yet", async () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.withingsConnection.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
diff --git a/src/lib/integrations/sources-in-use.ts b/src/lib/integrations/sources-in-use.ts
index 3406b7d19..315065b37 100644
--- a/src/lib/integrations/sources-in-use.ts
+++ b/src/lib/integrations/sources-in-use.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export const RANKABLE_SOURCES: readonly MeasurementSource[] = Array.from(
  * one measurement from, or an integration it has connected that has not
  * delivered yet.
  *
- * The Settings ladder lists only these. Ranking a source the person has never
+ * Deleted (tombstoned) readings do not count. The Settings ladder lists only
+ * these. Ranking a source the person has never
  * used decides nothing, and ten of them per metric buried the two that do.
  * The ladders themselves stay whole: hidden sources keep their slot, so a
  * source that starts delivering later lands where the ladder already put it.
@@ -33,7 +34,12 @@ export async function getSourcesInUse(
       Promise.all(
         RANKABLE_SOURCES.map((source) =>
           prisma.measurement
-            .findFirst({ where: { userId, source }, select: { id: true } })
+            .findFirst({
+              // A deleted reading is not data: a source whose readings were
+              // all deleted is no longer in use.
+              where: { userId, source, deletedAt: null },
+              select: { id: true },
+            })
             .then((row) => (row ? source : null)),
         ),
       ),
diff --git a/tests/integration/sources-in-use.test.ts b/tests/integration/sources-in-use.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..462f8c867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/sources-in-use.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * The sources the Settings ladder lists, against real Postgres.
+ *
+ * A source counts while the account holds a live reading from it. Deleting
+ * readings tombstones them (`deletedAt`), so the probe has to skip the
+ * tombstones or a source whose readings were all deleted stays marked as in
+ * use for good.
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { getPrismaClient, truncateAllTables } from "./setup";
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
+});
+
+async function seed() {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  const user = await prisma.user.create({
+    data: {
+      username: "sources-in-use",
+      email: "sources-in-use@example.test",
+      role: "USER",
+    },
+  });
+  const reading = (source: "MANUAL" | "APPLE_HEALTH", minutes: number) =>
+    prisma.measurement.create({
+      data: {
+        userId: user.id,
+        type: "WEIGHT",
+        value: 80,
+        unit: "kg",
+        source,
+        measuredAt: new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 4, 12, 7, minutes)),
+      },
+    });
+  return { prisma, user, reading };
+}
+
+describe("getSourcesInUse", () => {
+  it("lists a source with a live reading", async () => {
+    const { user, reading } = await seed();
+    await reading("MANUAL", 0);
+    const { getSourcesInUse } =
+      await import("@/lib/integrations/sources-in-use");
+    expect(await getSourcesInUse(user.id)).toEqual(["MANUAL"]);
+  });
+
+  it("drops a source once every reading from it is deleted", async () => {
+    const { prisma, user, reading } = await seed();
+    const manual = await reading("MANUAL", 0);
+    await reading("APPLE_HEALTH", 1);
+    await prisma.measurement.update({
+      where: { id: manual.id },
+      data: { deletedAt: new Date() },
+    });
+    const { getSourcesInUse } =
+      await import("@/lib/integrations/sources-in-use");
+    expect(await getSourcesInUse(user.id)).toEqual(["APPLE_HEALTH"]);
+  });
+});