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[[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/delete.png)]] ''Keyboard Shortcut'': '''{{{Delete}}}'''

'''Delete the currently selected [wiki:Help/Concepts/Object objects].'''

== Deleting objects ==

This item can be found in [wiki:/Help/Menu/Edit Edit menu].

The user can click on an [Concepts/Object object], which gets deleted if possible.

 * If a node is not part of a way then the node gets deleted.
 * If a node is part of a way then the node gets deleted. 
  * If the node was at the end of a way, the way gets shortened.
  * If the node was in the middle of the way, the way is changed that it runs between the remaining nodes.
 * If the user clicks on a way then the way and any associated nodes not used by anything else, get deleted.

== See also ==

 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/mapmode/delete.png,20)]] '''[wiki:/Help/Action/Delete Delete mode]''' provides additional facilities to remove objects
 * [wiki:/Help/Concepts/Object Objects]

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