diff --git a/onnx_modifier.py b/onnx_modifier.py
index 7fe22f1..2ffff32 100644
--- a/onnx_modifier.py
+++ b/onnx_modifier.py
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ class onnxModifier:
         for init_name in self.initializer_name2module.keys():
             if not init_name in left_node_inputs:
                 self.initializer.remove(self.initializer_name2module[init_name])
+
+        # remove the (model) inputs related to deleted nodes 
+        # https://github.com/ZhangGe6/onnx-modifier/issues/12
+        for input_name in self.graph_input_names:
+            if not input_name in left_node_inputs:
+                self.graph.input.remove(self.node_name2module[input_name])
         
         # remove the left unused Constant nodes
         for left_node in self.graph.node:
@@ -102,7 +108,6 @@ class onnxModifier:
                     self.graph.node.remove(self.node_name2module[left_node.name]) 
                     # self.initializer.remove(self.initializer_name2module[init_name])
             
-    
     def modify_node_io_name(self, node_renamed_io):
         # print(node_renamed_io)
         for node_name in node_renamed_io.keys():
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\squeezenet1.0-12-int8.onnx"
     # model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\tflite_sim.onnx"
     # model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\modified_modified_squeezenet1.0-12.onnx"
-    model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\modified_mobilenetv2-7.onnx"
+    model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\squeezenet1.0-3.onnx"
     # model_path = "C:\\Users\\ZhangGe\\Desktop\\mobilenetv2-7.onnx"
     onnx_modifier = onnxModifier.from_model_path(model_path)
     
@@ -242,16 +247,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             print(node.input, node.output)
         for initializer in onnx_modifier.initializer:
             print(initializer.name)
-        
-        # print(onnx_modifier.initializer_name2module.keys())
-        # for i, k in enumerate(onnx_modifier.initializer_name2module.keys()):
-        #     print("\nremoving", i, k)
-        #     onnx_modifier.graph.initializer.remove(onnx_modifier.initializer_name2module[k])
-        #     print("removed")
-            
-        # print('\nleft initializers:')
-        # for initializer in onnx_modifier.model_proto.graph.initializer:
-        #     print(initializer.name)
+    
         
         # print('\nleft nodes:')
         # for node in onnx_modifier.graph.node:
@@ -269,7 +265,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         node_rename_io = {'input': {'input': 'inputd'}, 'Conv_0': {'input': 'inputd'}}
         onnx_modifier.modify_node_io_name(node_rename_io)
         onnx_modifier.check_and_save_model()      
-    test_modify_node_io_name()
+    # test_modify_node_io_name()
 
     def test_add_node():
         node_info = {'custom_added_AveragePool0': {'properties': {'domain': 'ai.onnx', 'op_type': 'AveragePool', 'name': 'custom_added_AveragePool0'}, 'attributes': {'kernel_shape': [2, 2]}, 'inputs': {'X': ['fire2/squeeze1x1_1']}, 'outputs': {'Y': ['out']}}}
@@ -289,5 +285,34 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         onnx_modifier.check_and_save_model()
     # test_change_node_attr()
         
+
+    def debug_remove_node_by_node_states():
+        # print(len(onnx_modifier.graph.node))
+        # print(len(onnx_modifier.graph.initializer))
+
+        # print(onnx_modifier.node_name2module.keys())
+        # print(onnx_modifier.graph.node)
+        # for node in onnx_modifier.graph.node:
+        #     print(node.name)
+        #     print(node.input)
+        #     print(node.output)
+        
+        # print('\noriginal input')
+        # for inp in onnx_modifier.graph.input:
+        #     print(inp.name)
+            
+        
+        node_states = {'data_0': 'Exist', 'Conv0': 'Exist', 'Relu1': 'Exist', 'MaxPool2': 'Exist', 'Conv3': 'Exist', 'Relu4': 'Exist', 'Conv5': 'Exist', 'Relu6': 'Exist', 'Conv7': 'Exist', 'Relu8': 'Exist', 'Concat9': 'Exist', 'Conv10': 'Exist', 'Relu11': 'Exist', 'Conv12': 'Exist', 'Relu13': 'Exist', 'Conv14': 'Exist', 'Relu15': 'Exist', 'Concat16': 'Exist', 'MaxPool17': 'Exist', 'Conv18': 'Exist', 'Relu19': 'Exist', 'Conv20': 'Exist', 'Relu21': 'Exist', 'Conv22': 'Exist', 'Relu23': 'Exist', 'Concat24': 'Exist', 'Conv25': 'Exist', 'Relu26': 'Exist', 'Conv27': 'Exist', 'Relu28': 'Exist', 'Conv29': 'Exist', 'Relu30': 'Exist', 'Concat31': 'Exist', 'MaxPool32': 'Exist', 'Conv33': 'Exist', 'Relu34': 'Exist', 'Conv35': 'Exist', 'Relu36': 'Exist', 'Conv37': 'Exist', 'Relu38': 'Exist', 'Concat39': 'Exist', 'Conv40': 'Exist', 'Relu41': 'Exist', 'Conv42': 'Exist', 'Relu43': 'Exist', 'Conv44': 'Exist', 'Relu45': 'Exist', 'Concat46': 'Exist', 'Conv47': 'Exist', 'Relu48': 'Exist', 'Conv49': 'Exist', 'Relu50': 'Exist', 'Conv51': 'Exist', 'Relu52': 'Exist', 'Concat53': 'Exist', 'Conv54': 'Exist', 'Relu55': 'Deleted', 'Conv56': 'Deleted', 'Relu57': 'Deleted', 'Conv58': 'Deleted', 'Relu59': 'Deleted', 'Concat60': 'Deleted', 'Dropout61': 'Deleted', 'Conv62': 'Deleted', 'Relu63': 'Deleted', 'GlobalAveragePool64': 'Deleted', 'Softmax65': 'Deleted', 'out_softmaxout_1': 'Deleted'}
+        # print('\graph  input')
+        # for inp in onnx_modifier.graph.input:
+        #     print(inp.name)
+        onnx_modifier.remove_node_by_node_states(node_states)
+ 
+        print('\nleft input')
+        for inp in onnx_modifier.graph.input:
+            print(inp.name)
         
+        onnx_modifier.check_and_save_model()
+    debug_remove_node_by_node_states()
+    
         
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