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Unable to delete artboards

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November 21, 2015
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Hello

I really appreciate the introduction of the artboard feature but I'm finding it difficult to control it.

For example, clicking outside the workspace, after selecting the Artboard Tool, creates an artboard and its corresponding layer in the Layers Panel fine,

but deleting the corresponding layer does not remove the artboard in the document window.

How would you completely get rid of the artboard??

Correct answer ChristopherButler

When deleting any layer, group, or artboard in a document, you need to have at least one remaining paintable layer.

So, as an example, if you:

1. Create a new default photoshop document

2. Select the artboard tool

3. Draw an artboard (the canvas changes to an infinite canvas appearance and the prior background layer gets inserted into the artboard). You now have an artboard document.

At this point you will not be able to delete the artboard. That's because doing so might delete all the paintable layers in the document.

IF, however, you:

4. create a new layer and put it outside the artboard

5. You should now be able to delete the artboard, and if you do so,

6. The document will convert back to a non-artboard document (with no background), and with the one paintable layer you added in step 4.

The key is that you must always have at least one paintable layer.

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SupaDupaFly!

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Merge layers within the artboard and then delete layer, bada big bada boom!

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watermelonpie

Participant

When I can't click 'Delete Artboard', I find that clicking 'Ungroup Artboards' (below 'Delete Artboard') also works.

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casperl47450558

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Adobe, don't cry about it!
Just make a simple fix, press artboardname and afterwards backspace.
And/or rightclick on artboard in layers panel and select delete.

Don't give us paying customers this crappy pseudo support.

It's a bug, admit it, fix it.

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TedCode

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Thought I try the Photoshop artboards... whoa! Not like Illustrator at all--I use artboards a lot in Illustrator... My problem... I don't want the artboard, but all my groups/layers are within it... and I can't move them above/out of the artboard... except for an empty Group. Any group with content won't move out of the artboard. Can't find anything about this problem... am I stuck with this artboard?

Can anyone validate my problem: "Can't move Groups with Layers out of the Artboard" ? I did find a hack solution: Create a new .psd file the same size as the prisoner Artboard file, then copy and paste the Groups into the new file.When finished and all matched up, save the new file, then delete forever the "Artboard" file... and don't use Artboards again! or until you better understand why you would use this "feature".

Ted

markl9744437

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Had the same issue using Illustrator CC 2017, after creating a new artboard, it was not possible to delete the old artboard using the Artboard Tool (clicking on the top right close/X button), instead you have to click "Artboard Options" in the top toolbar and then you will see the option to delete it.

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maries85840315

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If I got what you mean, then check if you have locked layers in your artboard. After unlocking them you can easily delete the artboard.

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kahoang73

Participant

Merge the Artboard group to a layer & you can easily detele them

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Apik365

Participant

HI EAIG,

check your artboards that you want to delete, there is a locked layer inside? check it,if yes unlock it and then deleted.

i have a same problem and it works

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radhak12108574

Participant

I found a workaround, Select the dartboard you don't want, right click and convert that as a smart object. Now, delete the smart object... artboard is no more