# Edit -\> delete guides equivalent in SketchUp free

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647>\
**Category:** SketchUp Free\
**Tags:** guidelines\
**Created:** [November 19, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647 "2017-11-19T10:09:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonnymoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jonnymoo/32/40506_2.png) [@jonnymoo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jonnymoo)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/1 "2017-11-19T10:09:25Z")

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Hi - in Sketchup make there are a bunch of useful tools from the edit menu, such as delete guides for deleting all guides in your model.

I know you can delete them separately and you can show and hide guides, but is there the same delete all functionality in the free browser versions (which by the way I am loving).

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![RedTopSR20](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/redtopsr20/32/42393_2.png) [@RedTopSR20](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RedTopSR20)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/2 "2018-01-02T23:18:45Z")

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I would also like this information… sometimes you just need to clear all the marks everywhere!

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**Author:** ![endlessfix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/endlessfix/32/148757_2.png) [@endlessfix](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/endlessfix)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/3 "2018-01-03T00:40:20Z")

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I believe the delete all guides option is omitted from sketchup free.

The fastest workaround path I can think of for this would be:

Save model…just in case, then,

Hide guides, via provided visibility menu  
Select all  
Cut (via right click)  
Unhide guides  
Select all  
Delete  
Paste in place (via right click)

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**Author:** ![eneroth3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eneroth3/32/1222_2.png) [@eneroth3](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eneroth3)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/4 "2018-01-03T10:06:03Z")

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> [@endlessfix](#):
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> Save model…just in case, then,

Personally I still wouldn’t feel safe after manually saving the model. I suspect SketchUp Free’s autosaves overwrites the current save file, meaning you risk losing the data anyway if you do something wrong.

This is one of the main reasons I really don’t like web apps that saves into the cloud; basic UX concepts are re-invented from scratch and as a user you just don’t have control. In a desktop environment you’d never overwrite your working file unless you actively save yourself.

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**Author:** ![jbacus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jbacus/32/384_2.png) [@jbacus](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jbacus)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/5 "2018-01-04T16:58:57Z")

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> [@eneroth3](#):
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> I suspect SketchUp Free’s autosaves overwrites the current save file, meaning you risk losing the data anyway if you do something wrong

Previous versions of a model aren’t overwritten with saves. Instead, all versions are saved as “revisions”. If you want to revert to a previously saved state, you can do so from the Trimble Connect web interface. We haven’t implemented a revision history interface inside SketchUp Free yet.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-delete-guides-equivalent-in-sketchup-free/55647/6 "2018-04-06T08:59:50Z")

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