Why Won't Xref Detach?

Causes: The Xref is a nested XREF. The Xref is on a locked layer. The Xref has been defined within a block in the drawing.

How do you detach an attached xref?

Can somebody let me know how do I detach xref's that are attached and not overlayed? Enter "xr" in command line of AutoCAD to list xref files. Find "detach" item in your right click menu of the xref file. select tree view in the XREF dialogue box this way you will be able to easily see which xrefs are the master xrefs.

How do I get rid of binded xref in AutoCAD?

Solution: Open the external reference file which directly references the xrefs in question. To detach the xref, do it there, save the file, then reload the xref in the original drawing. The xref will be gone from the list.