Data Structure Changes and Overwriting Feature Services

[PeterTimmers]

I have the situation where when I delete two fields off a feature class and overwrite the hosted feature service the fields are not removed.

What am I doing wrong?

Do I have to delete the feature service and republish using the service definition that's hosted?

At this stage I'm creating a new version and not overwriting because I can't seem to do it seamlessly.

[KipoKipo]

Is there any other option than deleting the service and the republishing to the same name? Deleting the old service will cause the related web maps being corrupted.
This post has been a few years so I was hoping to hear some good news on this.

Thanks everybody that contributes to this!

KP