diff --git a/HideCoA.lua b/HideCoA.lua
index 2f50bf6..67ae23b 100644
--- a/HideCoA.lua
+++ b/HideCoA.lua
@@ -161,24 +161,17 @@ HideCoA.ResetProfile = ResetProfile
 
 local function DeleteProfile(name)
 
-    if name == "Default" then
-        return
-    end
-
-    local wasActive = (name == GetActiveProfileName())
-
     HideCoADB.profiles[name] = nil
 
     for charKey, assigned in pairs(HideCoADB.charProfile) do
         if assigned == name then
+            -- Unassigning falls back to the character's own auto-created
+            -- profile (see GetActiveProfileName/GetActiveClassSettings),
+            -- which gets recreated on demand if it doesn't exist.
             HideCoADB.charProfile[charKey] = nil
         end
     end
 
-    if wasActive then
-        HideCoADB.charProfile[GetCharacterKey()] = "Default"
-    end
-
 end
 
 HideCoA.DeleteProfile = DeleteProfile
@@ -362,18 +355,11 @@ f:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
         end
 
         -- Legacy pre-profile saved variables stored a single flat classSettings
-        -- table shared by every character. Fold it into "Default" so nobody's
-        -- existing hide/show choices vanish when profiles were introduced.
-        if HideCoADB.classSettings and not HideCoADB.profiles["Default"] then
-            HideCoADB.profiles["Default"] = { classSettings = HideCoADB.classSettings }
-        end
-
+        -- table shared by every character. Fold it into whichever character
+        -- happens to load next so those hide/show choices don't just vanish.
+        local legacyFlatClassSettings = HideCoADB.classSettings
         HideCoADB.classSettings = nil
 
-        if not HideCoADB.profiles["Default"] then
-            HideCoADB.profiles["Default"] = { classSettings = CreateDefaultClassSettings() }
-        end
-
         local charKey = GetCharacterKey()
 
         -- The profile-name syntax used to be "realm - character"; rename any
@@ -407,7 +393,7 @@ f:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
         end
 
         if not HideCoADB.profiles[charKey] then
-            HideCoADB.profiles[charKey] = { classSettings = CreateDefaultClassSettings() }
+            HideCoADB.profiles[charKey] = { classSettings = legacyFlatClassSettings or CreateDefaultClassSettings() }
         end
 
         for name, profile in pairs(HideCoADB.profiles) do