Why Can’t I Erase in Illustrator?
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The Adobe Illustrator Eraser tool has no effect whatsoever on Illustrator’s Symbols. … If it is, you must click on the Break Link to Symbol button in the Symbols panel, thereby expanding the Symbol’s appearance, in order to edit it using the Eraser tool.

How do you erase in Illustrator?

Delete objects

  1. Select the objects and then press Backspace (Windows) or Delete.
  2. Select the objects and then choose Edit > Clear or Edit > Cut.
  3. Select the items you want to delete in the Layers panel, and then click the Delete icon .

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How do you erase part of an image in Illustrator?

All of Illustrator’s tools work on the active selection, so before you can erase anything, you have to choose the parts of the image to erase. Hold down “Shift” while clicking on areas of the image to add to the selection, press “Ctrl,” and then click on an area to remove it from the selection.

Sarah Jenkins

Sarah Jenkins

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Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.

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