diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
index 1cd0c79d..d3c98ef7 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
@@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ pub async fn destroy(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, name: &str, purge: bool) -> Resul
     // purge — recompute either way).
     coord.rescan_containers_and_emit().await;
     crate::dashboard::emit_tombstones_snapshot(coord).await;
+    // Re-emit the schedules snapshot: the rescan above refreshed the live
+    // roster, so any schedule that still targets the just-destroyed agent
+    // now drops that ghost column live (no page reload needed).
+    coord.emit_schedules_snapshot();
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs b/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
index 56f50373..8a893f79 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! socket, and the per-agent sockets: the broker, configured `agent_flake`,
 //! and the map of registered agent sockets.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ impl Coordinator {
     /// after each tick that fires or rearms a row) so the dashboard's
     /// scheduled-prompts tab updates live without polling.
     pub fn emit_schedules_snapshot(self: &Arc<Self>) {
-        let schedules = match self.scheduled_prompts.list() {
+        let mut schedules: Vec<hive_sh4re::WireSchedule> = match self.scheduled_prompts.list() {
             Ok(rows) => rows
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(crate::manager_server::schedule_to_wire_public)
@@ -522,12 +522,34 @@ impl Coordinator {
                 return;
             }
         };
+        // Strip ghost targets (destroyed agents) so the dashboard doesn't
+        // render dead columns. Best-effort: if the roster cache is
+        // momentarily contended we emit unfiltered rather than block this
+        // sync path — the next snapshot / page reload corrects it.
+        if let Some(live) = self.live_container_names_blocking() {
+            crate::manager_server::filter_ghost_schedule_targets(&mut schedules, &live);
+        }
         self.emit_dashboard_event(DashboardEvent::SchedulesChanged {
             seq: self.next_seq(),
             schedules,
         });
     }
 
+    /// Best-effort synchronous snapshot of live container names (the
+    /// logical agent names from the last `nixos-container list` scan).
+    /// Returns `None` when the roster cache lock is momentarily
+    /// contended, so a transient miss is treated as "roster unknown,
+    /// don't filter" rather than hiding live schedule targets. The async
+    /// `containers_snapshot` is the reliable path for request handlers;
+    /// this exists for the sync `emit_schedules_snapshot` SSE emit.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn live_container_names_blocking(&self) -> Option<HashSet<String>> {
+        self.last_containers
+            .try_lock()
+            .ok()
+            .map(|m| m.keys().cloned().collect())
+    }
+
     /// Emit a `RemindersChanged` snapshot event. Called from every
     /// reminder mutation site (agent `remind` calls, operator cancel /
     /// retry, and the scheduler after each delivery batch) so the
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/schedules.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/schedules.rs
index 7415f808..91b22e3f 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/schedules.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/schedules.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@ use super::{AppState, error_response};
 /// so the frontend can render without an extra translation layer.
 pub(super) async fn api_schedules(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Response {
     match state.coord.scheduled_prompts.list() {
-        Ok(rows) => axum::Json(
-            rows.into_iter()
+        Ok(rows) => {
+            let mut wire: Vec<hive_sh4re::WireSchedule> = rows
+                .into_iter()
                 .map(crate::manager_server::schedule_to_wire_public)
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-        )
-        .into_response(),
+                .collect();
+            // Drop ghost targets (agents that no longer exist) so the
+            // table never shows dead columns. Uses the reliable async
+            // roster snapshot here on the request path.
+            let live: std::collections::HashSet<String> = state
+                .coord
+                .containers_snapshot()
+                .await
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|c| c.name)
+                .collect();
+            crate::manager_server::filter_ghost_schedule_targets(&mut wire, &live);
+            axum::Json(wire).into_response()
+        }
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("scheduled_prompts list: {e:#}")),
     }
 }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
index a9ea7e8c..644bbad1 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
@@ -831,6 +831,27 @@ pub fn schedule_to_wire_public(s: crate::scheduled_prompts::Schedule) -> hive_sh
     schedule_to_wire(s)
 }
 
+/// Drop schedule targets that point at agents which no longer exist, so
+/// the dashboard's schedule table doesn't render ghost columns for
+/// destroyed agents. `live` is the set of logical agent names from the
+/// last `nixos-container list` scan (stopped agents included, destroyed
+/// ones absent); the `operator` pseudo-target is always retained since
+/// it isn't a container. Applied only to the dashboard wire paths
+/// (`api_schedules` + the `SchedulesChanged` SSE emit) — the
+/// manager-facing `list_schedules` stays unfiltered so agents can still
+/// see and cancel stale targets. This is a view filter: the underlying
+/// schedule rows keep every target, so a re-spawned agent's targets
+/// reappear on their own.
+pub(crate) fn filter_ghost_schedule_targets(
+    schedules: &mut [hive_sh4re::WireSchedule],
+    live: &std::collections::HashSet<String>,
+) {
+    for s in schedules.iter_mut() {
+        s.targets
+            .retain(|t| t.target == hive_sh4re::OPERATOR_RECIPIENT || live.contains(&t.target));
+    }
+}
+
 fn schedule_to_wire(s: crate::scheduled_prompts::Schedule) -> hive_sh4re::WireSchedule {
     hive_sh4re::WireSchedule {
         id: s.id,
@@ -906,7 +927,57 @@ pub fn spawn_question_watchdog(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, id: i64, ttl_secs: u64)
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::validate_commit_ref;
+    use super::{filter_ghost_schedule_targets, validate_commit_ref};
+
+    fn target(name: &str) -> hive_sh4re::WireScheduleTarget {
+        hive_sh4re::WireScheduleTarget {
+            target: name.to_owned(),
+            cancelled_at_unix: None,
+            last_fired_at_unix: None,
+            last_result: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn schedule(targets: &[&str]) -> hive_sh4re::WireSchedule {
+        hive_sh4re::WireSchedule {
+            id: 1,
+            owner: "operator".to_owned(),
+            body: "ping".to_owned(),
+            interval_seconds: None,
+            next_fire_at_unix: 0,
+            created_at_unix: 0,
+            source: hive_sh4re::WireScheduleSource::Operator,
+            cancelled_at_unix: None,
+            description: None,
+            targets: targets.iter().map(|t| target(t)).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ghost_filter_drops_dead_agents_keeps_live_and_operator() {
+        let live: std::collections::HashSet<String> = ["iris".to_owned(), "damocles".to_owned()]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+        let mut schedules = vec![schedule(&["iris", "ghost", "operator", "damocles"])];
+        filter_ghost_schedule_targets(&mut schedules, &live);
+        let kept: Vec<&str> = schedules[0]
+            .targets
+            .iter()
+            .map(|t| t.target.as_str())
+            .collect();
+        // `ghost` (destroyed) dropped; live agents + operator pseudo-target kept.
+        assert_eq!(kept, vec!["iris", "operator", "damocles"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ghost_filter_can_empty_targets_when_all_dead() {
+        let live: std::collections::HashSet<String> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+        let mut schedules = vec![schedule(&["gone1", "gone2"])];
+        filter_ghost_schedule_targets(&mut schedules, &live);
+        // operator is never in the live set but is always retained; here
+        // there's no operator target, so everything drops.
+        assert!(schedules[0].targets.is_empty());
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn accepts_short_and_full_sha() {