Delete superfluous notes in a bar without affecting following bars

After a mxml import some measure have 5/4 instead of 4/4. I fix those in such a way that the last, superfluous note value is simply a quarter note. Now I would like to delete that note and fix the measure’s duration, but without affecting the following bars. Currently, when I fix the time signature by simply removing the 5 after the 4 (see screenshot), everything gets messed up.
How can I do that correctly?
Screenshot 2024-09-02 at 09.16.23

As usual… 5 minutes after posting I found the solution:
– define the time signature in the following measure
– change the time signature of the measure in question to its current value (here 5/4 instead of 4/4)
– change the time signature back to 4/4 in the measure in question; this creates an additional 1/4 measure

  • delete that 1/5 measure
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Or … engage Insert mode, set scope to just that bar, select the rest, delete!