Deleting Objects

Deleting objects is a little different than cutting objects (see the following section) because you cannot Paste following Delete. Delete is also slightly faster and does not modify the Windows clipboard.

As a rule of thumb, use Delete to remove objects permanently, and use Cut to remove objects from one location and Paste them to another location.

To delete objects from a diagram

1. Select one or more objects to delete.
2. Choose Delete from the Edit menu or press the DEL key.

When you delete selected objects, additional objects may be deleted automatically. For example, if you delete a connector, not only will all segments of the connector be deleted, but all connector labels that were attached to those segments will also be deleted whether or not they were selected.

If you delete a figure to which a connector is attached, that connector is also deleted. If you want to delete a figure but not delete an attached connector, detach the connector first.

A special exception occurs when you delete a figure that is within a flow (that is it has a single connector entering it and another of the same style leaving it). In this case, if you delete the figure, the two connectors will join into one.