Did you enter a 1099-Misc or 1099-NEC that defaulted to generating self-employment income on a Schedule C? I wonder whether that was the source of the 'self-employee' message that you refer to. If so, you were correct to delete and start over but, I suspect, that you re-entered the form and ended up in the same place.
Do you expect to report self-employment income on a Schedule C?
If so, first establish the self-employment activity at Federal / Income & Expenses / Your income and expenses / Self-employment income and expenses. Then add the 1099 income as income to the self-employment activity.
Are you not expecting to report self-employment income on a Schedule C? If not, are you reporting a 1099 form? Does it report something other than self-employment income?
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