A method for machining the tooth flanks (13.1, 13.2) of a plunge-machined bevel gear workpiece, in particular a crown gear workpiece, comprising the following partial steps - rotationally driving a gear-cutting tool and chip-removing machining in the plunging method, in which the gear-cutting tool is plunged with a first machine setting up to a predefined depth into the material of the bevel gear workpiece to machine a concave tooth flank (13.1) and a convex tooth flank (13.2) of at least one tooth gap of the bevel gear workpiece, and characterized in - carrying out a correction machining of the concave tooth flank (13.1) and the convex tooth flank (13.2) of at least one tooth gap of the plunged-machined bevel gear workpiece by ∘ cutting free of the concave tooth flank (13.1) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ1) in a first rotational direction having a predefined first absolute value (|Δ1|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool and/or cutting free of the convex tooth flank (13.2) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ2) in another rotational direction having a predefined second absolute value (|Δ2|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool to give the tooth gap an enlarged gap width (e), and ∘ finish machining of the concave tooth flank (13.1) with a second machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting used during the plunging, and ∘ finish machining of the convex tooth flank (13.2) with a third machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting and from the second machine setting used during the plunging. - rotationally driving a gear-cutting tool and chip-removing machining in the plunging method, in which the gear-cutting tool is plunged with a first machine setting up to a predefined depth into the material of the bevel gear workpiece to machine a concave tooth flank (13.1) and a convex tooth flank (13.2) of at least one tooth gap of the bevel gear workpiece, and characterized in - carrying out a correction machining of the concave tooth flank (13.1) and the convex tooth flank (13.2) of at least one tooth gap of the plunged-machined bevel gear workpiece by ∘ cutting free of the concave tooth flank (13.1) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ1) in a first rotational direction having a predefined first absolute value (|Δ1|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool and/or cutting free of the convex tooth flank (13.2) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ2) in another rotational direction having a predefined second absolute value (|Δ2|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool to give the tooth gap an enlarged gap width (e), and ∘ finish machining of the concave tooth flank (13.1) with a second machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting used during the plunging, and ∘ finish machining of the convex tooth flank (13.2) with a third machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting and from the second machine setting used during the plunging. ∘ cutting free of the concave tooth flank (13.1) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ1) in a first rotational direction having a predefined first absolute value (|Δ1|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool and/or cutting free of the convex tooth flank (13.2) by the bevel gear workpiece executing a workpiece rotation (Δ2) in another rotational direction having a predefined second absolute value (|Δ2|) in relation to the gear-cutting tool to give the tooth gap an enlarged gap width (e), and ∘ finish machining of the concave tooth flank (13.1) with a second machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting used during the plunging, and ∘ finish machining of the convex tooth flank (13.2) with a third machine setting, which differs from the first machine setting and from the second machine setting used during the plunging.