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Delete the currently selected objects.

Deleting objects

The results of deleting an object are:

• If a deleted node was at the end of a way, the way gets shortened.
• If a deleted node was in the middle of the way, the way is changed that it runs between the remaining nodes.
• If the user deletes a way then the way and its untagged nodes not being child of another way get deleted.
• If the user deletes a relation only the relation is deleted.

In all cases the object is removed from all relations it was a member of before. Usually a warning is raised in advance of deleting an object`s membership.

See also

• Delete mode provides additional facilities to remove objects

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