: Select or delete multiple layers at once - Inkscape The title is pretty much self-explanatory. How do you select and or delete multiple layers at once in Inkscape? I've tried holding CTRL and

@Turnbaugh909

You're right, this can't be done with the GUI however if your desire is high enough you can easily (and quickly) open up the SVG file in a text editor and delete the layer nodes manually.

I'd save the file as plain SVG rather than the Inkscape flavour and you'll see that layers are actually group elements <g> with the layer name as an id. You'll be deleting from the start of the <g> tag up to and including the closing </g>. In doing so you will delete any content on that layer. Empty layers won't have the closing </g>.

You can ruin your file doing this so I'd recommend some source control of your choosing before you start.

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