# Deleting many layers

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/deleting-many-layers/52002>\
**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Created:** [December 24, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/deleting-many-layers/52002 "2017-12-24T18:06:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yousef.k](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/yousef.k/32/709697_2.png) [@yousef.k](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/yousef.k)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/deleting-many-layers/52002/1 "2017-12-24T18:06:57Z")

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Hi guys,

When deleting layers we get the popup

> Are you sure you want to delete the objects and the layer? _[Cancel] [Delete]_

you have to click delete 30 times if you want to delete 30 layers. Should be _[Cancel] , [Delete] and **[Delete all]**_

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![yousef.k](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/yousef.k/32/709697_2.png) [@yousef.k](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/yousef.k)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/deleting-many-layers/52002/2 "2018-01-02T13:49:43Z")

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so a good work around for this is to delete all the objects in the multiple layers first then delete the layers.

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**Author:** ![yousef.k](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/yousef.k/32/709697_2.png) [@yousef.k](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/yousef.k)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/deleting-many-layers/52002/4 "2018-01-02T19:41:41Z")

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Hi Richard,

> [@RichardZ](#):
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> you can also hit the command Purge maybe its a little faster

hey thanks. learned something new.

> [@RichardZ](#):
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> also just hitting delete to delete a selected layer and to duplicate it with cmd D including the content.

yea better than the duplayer command