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When making a selection, sometimes you grab areas you don’t want. When this happens, instead of redoing your selection, use Remove.

Removing sections from a selection in Sketchbook Pro for desktop

1. Once you’ve made a selection, tap , then either tap-drag to remove sections from it or for the Magic Wand selection, tap areas you want deselected.
   
   

   NOTE: If Magic Wand was selected, decrease the Tolerance to remove pixels to your selection, then tap the canvas again to see the change.

2. Tap  to accept the changes and exit the tool.

Removing sections from a selection in Sketchbook for mobile devices

If you want to delete a selection, you can use Remove or Cut.

Using Remove in Sketchbook for mobile devices

1. Once you made a selection, tap , then either tap-drag to remove sections from it or for Magic Wand selection, tap areas you want deselected.
   
   

   NOTE: If Magic Wand was selected, decrease the Tolerance to remove pixels to your selection, then tap the canvas again to see the change.

   NOTE: Did you know that you could use another tool, while still in selection mode? 

2. Tap to accept the changes or X to decline.

Using Cut in Sketchbook for mobile devices

1. Make a selection.
   
   

   NOTE: If Magic Wand was selected, decrease the Tolerance to remove pixels to your selection, then tap the canvas again to see the change.

2. If the Layer Editor isn't open, tap   to open it.
3. Tap-hold the layer with the selected content to access the Layer Menu.
   
   

   

4. Tap Cut.