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I created some render layers by copying the master layer and some of them seem to be connected to the master layer in some way and I cannot delete them!

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I have created other layers the exact same way but when I select them they are not attached to the master layer and are blue when I select them and I can delete them.

What do I have to do to delete the layers that seem to be connected to the master layer? This is really annoying! I try to do one thing and end up spending the entire day trying to delete rogue render layers! The only work around I found is to select everything in the scene and export it and then import it into a new scene.

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