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cannot delete annotations

it's outrageous to not be able to delete an annotation after you closed and reopened a photo in preview. at least, a simple eraser feature could be added. it doesn't work anything that I've tried

MacBook Air, macOS 14.4

Posted on Nov 6, 2024 3:04 PM

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Nov 7, 2024 6:50 AM in response to cristescu295

Once an image file has an annotation applied and saved, the annotation is flattened into the underlying image and cannot be removed.


At any time while in Preview with an annotation on your image, and before it is saved, you can either undo it with ⌘Z, or via the Inspector panel's right-most tool which would list the current annotations on the image. You click the annotation in that list and press delete to remove it.


Preview was in NeXTStep and after all these years, Apple has not seen fit to code it for annotation removal after it has been saved. Your alternative would be to use a real third-party image editor that supports layers and use that.

cannot delete annotations

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