Remove all overlapping polygons

[IanLadd_Tourmaline]

Hello,

I have a large layer with land polygons, there are some that are overlapping others, essentially what I would like is to remove all the overlapping ones so I have a flat layer that only shows 1 polygon per parcel, not multiple. You can see below, there are certain polygons that are only half the size of the ones below as well. Some touch others so I can't use the merge tool because it will create one large polygon. I just need to remove all the overlap, but that tool doesn't work as it removes the overlapping area, not the overlapping feature itself.

[Ed_]

May be try the "Erase" tool? 

May be try select by location "Intersection" and then delete that selection of polys?

[DanPatterson]

Tricky, but

Polygon Neighbors (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

will get your close, look at the following to interpret the results to decide which polygons need to be removed, for the overlap case

How Polygon Neighbors Works—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation