Clearing the contents of layers


You can clear the contents of a layer without deleting the layer from your document. If you often use this command in your workflow, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it. For information about assigning keyboard shortcuts to commands, see Customizing keys.

To clear the contents of a layer

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1 In the Layers panel, click the name of the layer you want to clear.
2 Press Delete.

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Pressing Command + A (macOS) or Ctrl + A (Windows), and then pressing Delete doesn't clear all layer contents, just what is visible on the canvas. Any content outside the canvas will remain on the layer.

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You can also clear the contents of a layer by selecting the layer in the Layers panel, and clicking Layers Clear Content.

You can also clear the contents of a layer by right-clicking the layer in the Layers panel, and choosing Clear Content.

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