That’s the problem – when I try to delete the field from my admin dashboard>users>xprofile fields than the situation I described in the initial post is what is happening. The developers of my theme said they had encountered this as a buddypress issue before and asked me to contact you. As this happens in twenty-fourteen as well I’m assuming it is not a theme issue.
Hi Thanks for your reply but I’m not sure how the codex you sent me is helpful. I’m trying to set up the registration page as the admin – not edit those fields after the fact. Here is a screenshot of the backend of my user profile fields page. There is a button to delete fields, but no save button anywhere on the page. What am I missing.