# Delete objects

> Delete the objects you have selected with the Delete key or from the right-click menu.

2 min · Updated 2026-11-11 · https://vcad.dk/en/help/delete-objects

Once you are done, the objects you selected are gone from the drawing. A delete is one step, even when you delete many objects at once, so **Ctrl+Z** brings all of it back. See [Undo a mistake](https://vcad.dk/en/help/undo-a-mistake.md).

## Delete with the Delete key

1. Select the objects you want to delete.

    > If you click a line in an imported file, you select the whole import, because it arrives as one group. If you delete it, VCAD deletes the whole import and the import's layers in the **Layers** panel.

2. Press **Delete**.

    [Video: Three selected lines disappear when Delete is pressed, and a fourth line that was not selected stays](https://vcad.dk/help/delete-objects/delete-key.mp4)

    > If the cursor is in a field, for example in the **Properties** panel, **Delete** only works in that field. Delete from the right-click menu instead.

## Delete from the right-click menu

1. Select the objects you want to delete.

2. Right-click in the drawing.

3. Hold the mouse over **Entity manipulation**.

    ![The right-click menu with the mouse on Entity manipulation and its submenu open beside it, with Delete at the bottom ringed](https://vcad.dk/help/delete-objects/context-menu-delete-en.png)

4. Click **Delete**.

    > **Delete** is still active afterwards, and the message line shows **DELETE: Select entities, then press Enter**. To delete more, select the next objects and press **Enter**. Press **Esc** when you are done.

## If something doesn't work

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Nothing deleted. The selection is on a locked layer** | What you selected is a group or an import with a part on a locked layer. Unlock the layer in the **Layers** panel and delete again. |
| Some of the selection was not deleted | It is a group or an import with a part on a locked layer. Unlock the layer in the **Layers** panel and delete again. |
| Nothing happens when you press Delete on a Mac | Press **fn** and the delete key. |

## Related guides

- [Select objects](https://vcad.dk/en/help/select-objects.md): Select objects with a click or a box, take single objects out of the selection again, and clear it with Esc.
- [Undo a mistake](https://vcad.dk/en/help/undo-a-mistake.md): Undo the last thing you did with Ctrl+Z or Undo, and do it again with Redo if you undid too much.

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