: Search for string and delete entire text frame with JavaScript for Illustrator I can delete a layer by name: var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var myLayers = myDoc.layers; var

@Deb5748823

This will do it so long as there is a consistent piece of text to search for. Can be applied to an action and batched.

Notice that it loops in reverse order. This is a common strategy whenever looping items that will get removed from the array. Otherwise, the shortening array length will interfere with future cycles through the loop.

In using the match method, you can see if a string is anywhere within the contents.

The match method will also accept a RegExp object (regular expression). This will be useful if your find text changes slightly but follows a pattern.

var doc, texts, i, count, find;

find = "MyString"; // Replace with your own string

doc = activeDocument;
texts = doc.textFrames;
count = texts.length;
for (i=count-1; i>0; i--)
{ if (texts[i].contents.match (find) == find)
{ texts[i].remove ();
}
}

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@Pope1402555

One method would be to just Find and Replace, replace with nothing and run this script to remove all empty text frames.

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var numberOfEmptyTextBoxes = 0;
var layersWithNoText = new Array();
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
for ( i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.textFrames.length; i++ ) {
text = app.activeDocument.textFrames[i].textRange;
numWords = app.activeDocument.textFrames[i].words.length;
if (numWords == 0){
layersWithNoText.push(app.activeDocument.textFrames[i]);
numberOfEmptyTextBoxes++;
}
}
if(numberOfEmptyTextBoxes > 0){
alert("You have " + numberOfEmptyTextBoxes + " empty text boxes. They will be deleted.");
}
removeTextLayersWithNoContent(layersWithNoText);
}
function removeTextLayersWithNoContent(layersWithNoText) {
var layersWithNoText = layersWithNoText;
for (var i = 0; i < layersWithNoText.length; i++) {
var currentIndex = layersWithNoText[i];
layersWithNoText[i].remove();
};
}


Copy paste this and save it out as a .jsx

Sadly Illustrator doesn't have as robust searching methods as InDesign does.

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