How to remove extended lines from shapes?

Question

I was trying to make a vector portrait, but sometimes i found that when I draw shapes with pen tool, sometimes it extends the line beyond the anchor point that I close the shape with. No matter what I do, the pen tool just keeps giving me those protruding lines. In Illustrator I don't see them, but when I export it, all the lines are visible. How do I get rid of these lines?

In Illustrator:

In exported PNG:

Kurt Gold · Accepted Answer

Dropbox link to the Illustrator file I was working on:

Dropbox - Annie.ai

John is right.

But instead of using the Convert Anchor Point tool (that will alter the actual shape), I'd recommend to click inside the paths with the Shape Builder tool. This way they won't be altered.

John Mensinger · Answer

klee0609 wrotewhen I draw shapes with pen tool, sometimes it extends the line beyond the anchor point that I close the shape with. No matter what I do, the pen tool just keeps giving me those protruding lines. In Illustrator I don't see them, but when I export it, all the lines are visible.Your screenshot would have to be zoomed in much closer on one (selected) offending path to see whether you're getting some sort of bezier-reversal. What you're showing us there is not a common result of logical Pen-tool work.

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