diff --git a/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts b/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
index 448e9ad69..54987c5b5 100644
--- a/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/common-types/src/baseTypes/aggregateTypes.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export interface IMetadata extends ISerializable {
   addPublicShare(polynomialID: PolynomialID, publicShare: PublicShare): void;
   setGeneralStoreDomain(key: string, obj: unknown): void;
   getGeneralStoreDomain(key: string): unknown;
+  deleteGeneralStoreDomain(key: string): unknown;
   setTkeyStoreDomain(key: string, arr: unknown): void;
   getTkeyStoreDomain(key: string): unknown;
   addFromPolynomialAndShares(polynomial: Polynomial, shares: Array<Share> | ShareMap): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index c0c55d2a1..f98e77cb0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ class ThresholdKey implements ITKey {
     const metadataToPush = Array(sharesToPush.length).fill(m);
 
     // run refreshShare middleware
+    // If a shareIndex is left out during refresh shares, we assume that it being explicitly deleted.
     for (const moduleName in this._refreshMiddleware) {
       if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this._refreshMiddleware, moduleName)) {
         const adjustedGeneralStore = this._refreshMiddleware[moduleName](
@@ -486,7 +487,8 @@ class ThresholdKey implements ITKey {
           oldShareStores,
           newShareStores
         );
-        this.metadata.setGeneralStoreDomain(moduleName, adjustedGeneralStore);
+        if (!adjustedGeneralStore) this.metadata.deleteGeneralStoreDomain(moduleName);
+        else this.metadata.setGeneralStoreDomain(moduleName, adjustedGeneralStore);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/metadata.ts b/packages/core/src/metadata.ts
index d4e00d1cc..4d2147bd1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/metadata.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ class Metadata implements IMetadata {
     return this.generalStore[key];
   }
 
+  deleteGeneralStoreDomain(key: string): void {
+    delete this.generalStore[key];
+  }
+
   setTkeyStoreDomain(key: string, arr: unknown): void {
     this.tkeyStore[key] = arr;
   }
diff --git a/packages/default/test/test.js b/packages/default/test/test.js
index 7b0f5fcf0..0392cff01 100644
--- a/packages/default/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/default/test/test.js
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ manualSyncModes.forEach((mode) => {
         manualSync: mode,
       });
     });
-    it(`#should be able to reconstruct key and initialize a key with security questions, metadataSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+    it(`#should be able to reconstruct key and initialize a key with security questions, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
       const resp1 = await tb._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true });
       await rejects(async function () {
         await tb.modules.securityQuestions.inputShareFromSecurityQuestions("blublu");
@@ -507,7 +507,34 @@ manualSyncModes.forEach((mode) => {
         fail("key should be able to be reconstructed");
       }
     });
-    it(`#should be able to reconstruct key and initialize a key with security questions after refresh, metadataSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+    it(`#should be able to delete and add security questions, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+      const resp1 = await tb._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true });
+      await tb.modules.securityQuestions.generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions("blublu", "who is your cat?");
+      await tb.generateNewShare();
+      await tb.syncLocalMetadataTransitions();
+
+      // delete sq
+      const sqIndex = tb.metadata.generalStore.securityQuestions.shareIndex;
+      await tb.deleteShare(sqIndex);
+
+      // add sq again
+      await tb.modules.securityQuestions.generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions("blubluss", "who is your cat?");
+      await tb.syncLocalMetadataTransitions();
+
+      const tb2 = new ThresholdKey({
+        serviceProvider: defaultSP,
+        storageLayer: defaultSL,
+        modules: { securityQuestions: new SecurityQuestionsModule() },
+      });
+      await tb2.initialize();
+
+      await tb2.modules.securityQuestions.inputShareFromSecurityQuestions("blubluss");
+      const reconstructedKey = await tb2.reconstructKey();
+      if (resp1.privKey.cmp(reconstructedKey.privKey) !== 0) {
+        fail("key should be able to be reconstructed");
+      }
+    });
+    it(`#should be able to reconstruct key and initialize a key with security questions after refresh, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
       const resp1 = await tb._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true });
       await tb.modules.securityQuestions.generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions("blublu", "who is your cat?");
       const tb2 = new ThresholdKey({
@@ -527,7 +554,7 @@ manualSyncModes.forEach((mode) => {
         fail("key should be able to be reconstructed");
       }
     });
-    it(`#should be able to change password, metadataSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+    it(`#should be able to change password, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
       const resp1 = await tb._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true });
 
       // should throw
@@ -553,7 +580,7 @@ manualSyncModes.forEach((mode) => {
         fail("key should be able to be reconstructed");
       }
     });
-    it(`#should be able to change password and serialize, metadataSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+    it(`#should be able to change password and serialize, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
       const resp1 = await tb._initializeNewKey({ initializeModules: true });
       await tb.modules.securityQuestions.generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions("blublu", "who is your cat?");
       await tb.modules.securityQuestions.changeSecurityQuestionAndAnswer("dodo", "who is your cat?");
@@ -578,7 +605,7 @@ manualSyncModes.forEach((mode) => {
       const finalKeyPostSerialization = await tb4.reconstructKey();
       strictEqual(finalKeyPostSerialization.toString("hex"), reconstructedKey.toString("hex"), "Incorrect serialization");
     });
-    it(`#should be able to get answers, even when they change, metadataSync=${mode}`, async function () {
+    it(`#should be able to get answers, even when they change, manualSync=${mode}`, async function () {
       tb = new ThresholdKey({
         serviceProvider: defaultSP,
         storageLayer: defaultSL,
diff --git a/packages/security-questions/src/SecurityQuestionsModule.ts b/packages/security-questions/src/SecurityQuestionsModule.ts
index 7edf1dbfa..59e56b116 100644
--- a/packages/security-questions/src/SecurityQuestionsModule.ts
+++ b/packages/security-questions/src/SecurityQuestionsModule.ts
@@ -129,17 +129,23 @@ class SecurityQuestionsModule implements IModule {
       return generalStore;
     }
     const sqStore = new SecurityQuestionStore(generalStore as SecurityQuestionStoreArgs);
-    const sqAnswer = oldShareStores[sqStore.shareIndex.toString("hex")].share.share.sub(sqStore.nonce);
-    let newNonce = newShareStores[sqStore.shareIndex.toString("hex")].share.share.sub(sqAnswer);
-    newNonce = newNonce.umod(ecCurve.curve.n);
-
-    return new SecurityQuestionStore({
-      nonce: newNonce,
-      polynomialID: newShareStores[Object.keys(newShareStores)[0]].polynomialID,
-      sqPublicShare: newShareStores[sqStore.shareIndex.toString("hex")].share.getPublicShare(),
-      shareIndex: sqStore.shareIndex,
-      questions: sqStore.questions,
-    });
+    const sqIndex = sqStore.shareIndex.toString("hex");
+
+    // Assumption: If sqIndex doesn't exist, it must have been explicitly deleted.
+    if (oldShareStores[sqIndex] && newShareStores[sqIndex]) {
+      const sqAnswer = oldShareStores[sqIndex].share.share.sub(sqStore.nonce);
+      let newNonce = newShareStores[sqIndex].share.share.sub(sqAnswer);
+      newNonce = newNonce.umod(ecCurve.curve.n);
+
+      return new SecurityQuestionStore({
+        nonce: newNonce,
+        polynomialID: newShareStores[Object.keys(newShareStores)[0]].polynomialID,
+        sqPublicShare: newShareStores[sqIndex].share.getPublicShare(),
+        shareIndex: sqStore.shareIndex,
+        questions: sqStore.questions,
+      });
+    }
+    return undefined;
   }
 
   async saveAnswerOnTkeyStore(answerString: string): Promise<void> {