
How To Remove A Selection In GIMP
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So how do you make a selection go away in GIMP? Simple. It only takes one little step.
Remove a Selection In GIMP
To get rid of the current selection without saving it first:
- Go to Select > None in the Main Menu. The selection will be removed.
- Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift Ctrl A on a Mac, or Shift Cmd A in Windows.
If you want to save the selection before you get rid of it, you can save it as a Path which you can turn back into a selection later.
- To do that, first go to Select > To Path.
- You can check that your selection was saved as a path by going to Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Paths in the Main Menu to open the Paths Dialog. You can dock this dialog to the Toolbox if you want to keep your saved paths handy.
- Then go to Select > None to remove the active selection from the image.
- Now, if you want to re-activate the selection, go to the Paths Dialog, highlight the correct path, then go to Select > From Path in the Main Menu. The path will be turned into a selection.
Conclusion
See? Making a selection go away in GIMP isn’t super obvious, but it’s not exactly hard either.