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# Remove Drawing

To remove a drawing you select "Remove Drawing" from the context menu.

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There are three options when removing a drawing.

### <mark style="color:blue;">Remove</mark>

The first option will remove the drawing from the project and moves the drawing to the Project Recycle Bin.

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The drawing is gone. Of course also the drawing's data are gone.

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The project can now be found in the "Project Recycle Bin" folder.

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### <mark style="color:blue;">Delete</mark>

The second option will physically delete the drawing file from the project. And the drawing's data will also be deleted of course.

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The drawing is gone.

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It is is not in the "Project Recycle Bin" folder.

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### <mark style="color:blue;">Unlink</mark>

The third option unlinks the drawing from the project and also removed the drawing's data.

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The drawing file will be kept in the folder where the file was located.

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It's also not in the "Project Recycle Bin" folder.

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If a drawing is locked (which means it is open by some user) the drawing cannot be removed.

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