How to unlock objects in After Effects CC 2018?

[perfect_Whirlwind5E23]

Okay, hi im feelin so dumb right now...

Im really not a professional in working with After Effects. I just work with templates most of the time but i have a problem now and really dont know how to solve it.

In the Main Comp of a Outro Template for YouTube is an object i want to delete or just make it not visible. But i cant delete it. If i try to its just blinking dark so it seems to be locked or something. I cant hide it because i dont find the right button lol. I hope you can help me +

LK

[Dave_LaRonde]

Look for the little lock icon with the layer's switches.  Unlock it.

There's probably a reason why it was locked.  If you're an AE newbie, don't expect things to work as you expect when you do what you're going to do to it.

[perfect_Whirlwind5E23]

But exactly this is my problem XD there is no lock icon where it normaly should be... the object marked red should get deleted

[Roland Kahlenberg]

There is a default shortcut to unlock ALL layers - CTRL+SHIFT+L. See if this helps.

You should also enable the Switches Panel - this is where the Lock Switch resides. It's the far left icon at the bottom of the Timeline - you can see it in the image you posted. Additionally, you may want to view the other UI sections by clicking on the other two icons - on the right are the In-Out and Duration indicators and in the middle is the button to enable viewing of the Blending Modes and Track Mattes features.

[perfect_Whirlwind5E23]

Yes this was the correct idea. I didnt know about this Shortcut thank you dude