diff --git a/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutation.ts b/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutation.ts
index 8618b4a7f3..1b26d9856b 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutation.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutation.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,44 @@ export function parseSourceDocument(raw: string): {
   return { document, wrappedFragment: !hasDocumentShell };
 }
 
+/** Drops the rules that style `id` alone (every selector in the list names it), in each style sheet of the page. */
+function dropCssRulesForId(document: Document, id: string): void {
+  const idToken = `#${id}`;
+  const namesId = (selector: string) => {
+    let found = false;
+    selectorParser((selectors) => {
+      selectors.walkIds((node) => {
+        // an id inside :not() excludes the element, so the rule styles the others
+        let up = node.parent;
+        while (up && !(up.type === "pseudo" && up.value === ":not")) up = up.parent as typeof up;
+        if (node.value === id && !up) found = true;
+      });
+    }).processSync(selector);
+    return found;
+  };
+  for (const styleEl of document.querySelectorAll("style")) {
+    const css = styleEl.textContent ?? "";
+    if (!css.includes(idToken)) continue;
+    let root: postcss.Root;
+    try {
+      root = postcss.parse(css);
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+    let dropped = false;
+    root.walkRules((rule) => {
+      if (rule.selectors.length > 0 && rule.selectors.every(namesId)) {
+        rule.remove();
+        dropped = true;
+      }
+    });
+    if (dropped) styleEl.textContent = root.toString();
+  }
+}
+
+// A clone's rules replace whatever an earlier piece of that id left behind, so repeated cuts keep one set per id.
 function duplicateCssRulesForId(document: Document, originalId: string, newId: string): void {
+  dropCssRulesForId(document, newId);
   const idToken = `#${originalId}`;
   const transform = selectorParser((selectors) => {
     selectors.walkIds((node) => {
@@ -161,7 +198,9 @@ export function removeElementsFromHtml(
   for (const target of targets) {
     const element = findTargetElement(document, target);
     if (!element) continue;
+    const id = element.getAttribute("id");
     removeElementWithGsapCascade(document, element);
+    if (id && !document.getElementById(id)) dropCssRulesForId(document, id);
     removed = true;
   }
   if (!removed) return source;
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutationSplitAndGroup.test.ts b/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutationSplitAndGroup.test.ts
index cdf9141284..8f8c589ac5 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutationSplitAndGroup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-server/src/helpers/sourceMutationSplitAndGroup.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { parseHTML } from "linkedom";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { readMediaOffsetSeconds } from "@hyperframes/parsers/media-duration";
 import {
+  removeElementFromHtml,
   splitElementInHtml,
   relinkSplitHalvesInHtml,
   unwrapElementsFromHtml,
@@ -539,3 +540,23 @@ describe("relinkSplitHalvesInHtml", () => {
     expect(relinkSplitHalvesInHtml(source, ["i"])).toBe(source);
   });
 });
+
+describe("splitElementInHtml — id CSS rules across repeated cuts", () => {
+  it("keeps one rule set per live id when a clip is cut again and again", () => {
+    let html =
+      "<html><head><style>#a{opacity:.5;width:10px}#a:hover,#a.on{opacity:1}.clip:not(#a-cut){filter:blur(2px)}</style></head><body>" +
+      '<div id="root" data-composition-id="m"><video id="a" src="a.mp4" data-start="0" data-duration="60" ' +
+      'data-track-index="0"></video></div></body></html>';
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      const tail = splitElementInHtml(html, { id: "a" }, 20 + i, `a-${i + 2}`);
+      const middle = splitElementInHtml(tail.html, { id: "a" }, 10 + i, "a-cut");
+      html = removeElementFromHtml(middle.html, { id: "a-cut" });
+    }
+    const css = /<style>([\s\S]*?)<\/style>/.exec(html)?.[1] ?? "";
+    // two rules per live id, none left by the removed cut piece
+    const live = html.match(/<video\b/g)?.length ?? 0;
+    expect(css.match(/\{/g)).toHaveLength(live * 2 + 1);
+    expect(css).not.toContain("#a-cut{");
+    expect(css).toContain(".clip:not(#a-cut){filter:blur(2px)}");
+  });
+});