How to get rid of all the lines around a shape

[AntoniaAgain]

I created an ellipse and it has all these inward-facing lines around it. I suspect this has something to do with stroke but cannot see how to get rid of them. When I hit stroke and enter zero, I am told this isn't possible.

[jane-e]

It looks like a dashed line on a stoke.

Did you make the stroke with a shape tool or is it a stroke as a Layer effect? Check layers to see if you have any layer effects. If not, select the shape and show your options and properties panels.

~ Jane

[AntoniaAgain]

I did not make a stroke at all. I just went to the side panel and created an ellipse and that came around the outside. I have never created any stroke resembling this for any previous shape.  Went into properties and see nothing.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Hi @AntoniaAgain 

Your Properties are for your document because you have no shapes selected and no layers selected.

To see the Properties for your Shape, you must first select it with the Path Selection tool. It will say "Shape Properties" at the top.

I used the options bar here, not Properties. Follow the red squares and uncheck Dashed Line.

~ Jane

[jane-e]

@AntoniaAgain wrote:

I did not make a stroke at all.

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Hi Antonia,

One more thing: options for tools are sticky, so the stroke with the dashed line may have been set yesterday or a month ago and it remains on until you until you turn it off or you reset your tools. When tools don't work as you expect, you can reset the current tool or all tools.

To return tools to their default settings, right-click the tool icon in the options bar (not Tools panel), and then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/using-tools.html

I hope this helps, and I hope you were able to remove the dashed line from your oval. 

~ Jane

[LeezaLee]

Thank you very much for this very concise and effective answer! I had the same issue, and this solution solved it.

[Bojan Živković]

Please post screenshot with entire window visible including and Layers panel.