ERASE — Erase

Removes objects from the drawing.

• Command: ERASE · Global name: _ERASE · Alias: E, DELETE · Shortcut: Del
• Ribbon: Home › Modify
• Menu: Edit
• Menu: Modify
• Toolbar: Modify

Removes the selected objects from the drawing.

Usage

1. Enter ERASE (or E) or click Erase on the ribbon.
2. Select the objects with clicks, windows or crossing windows and press Enter to erase them.

Select objects:

The quickest way is preselection: select the objects with no command running and press Delete, or start ERASE, which erases them without asking anything else.

Notes

• Erased objects come back with UNDO (Ctrl+Z).
• Objects on locked layers cannot be selected and so are not erased.
• Erasing a member of a group removes it from the group; an unnamed group that becomes empty disappears.
• To remove unused definitions (blocks, layers, styles) use PURGE; to erase repeated objects, OVERKILL.

See also

UNDO · OVERKILL · PURGE · CUTCLIP · Selecting objects