# Shape Outlines Hide/Remove (Sketchup for Web MacOS)

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997>\
**Category:** SketchUp for Web\
**Tags:** help, keyboard-shortcuts\
**Created:** [July 9, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997 "2023-07-09T14:54:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anna.claire.davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@anna.claire.davis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/anna.claire.davis)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997/1 "2023-07-09T14:54:33Z")

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Hoping someone in the community can help. I’m new to Sketchup (maybe working for a few months now) and my cats keeping walking across my keyboards and turning on these dotted outlines for shapes. No clue what key(s) they’re pressing but I cannot figure out what these are called or how to turn them back off. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

 ![Screenshot 2023-07-09 at 10.54.14 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/0/c04259425030723faa5fe5305be3f9d2eeeda126.png)

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**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997/2 "2023-07-09T14:56:08Z")

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press `K`

or in one of the panels on your right, I think it’s the one with the pair of glasses, you can activate / deactivate the `hidden line` parameter

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**Author:** ![anna.claire.davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@anna.claire.davis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/anna.claire.davis)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997/3 "2023-07-09T15:01:51Z")

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Thank you @ateliernab! Pressing K solved it

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**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/shape-outlines-hide-remove-sketchup-for-web-macos/234997/4 "2023-07-09T21:15:48Z")

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> [@anna.claire.davis](#):
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> but I cannot figure out what these are called or how to turn them back off.

You already got the solution from @ateliernab. But in case you still wonder what they are called, these lines are called **‘Back Edges’** and they can help you with picking up inferencing on otherwise obscured geometry.  
**[k]** is the toggling key by default to turn them on/off.  
(_Better also inform your cats about this!_)