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### Deleting annotations

You can delete an individual annotation, or all annotations at once.

Restrictions for deleting annotations

The following restrictions exist:

| • | If an image was annotated before it was exported, the annotation can only be temporarily deleted. Once you close the viewer, the annotation becomes available the next time the image is viewed.

| • | If an image was not annotated before it was exported, the annotation is permanently deleted.

Deleting an individual annotation

To delete an individual annotation:

| 1. | Select the Eraser tool:

| • | Click the Annotate icon on the main toolbar.

| • | Click the Eraser tool on the Annotation Control Panel.

For other ways to select the tool, see Selecting an annotation tool.

| 2. | Click the annotation you want to delete.

The annotation is deleted.

Deleting all annotations

You can delete all temporary annotations from:

| • | A single image only

| • | Selected images only

| • | All images in the series

Caution: Depending on the scope of deletion, a shared annotation can be deleted from a particular image only, or from all shared images. If you are not sure whether the annotation is shared, specify the scope of deletion before attempting to delete all annotations.

To delete all annotations:

| 1. | Select the Delete All tool:

| • | Click the Annotate icon on the main toolbar.

| • | Click the Delete All tool on the Annotation Control Panel.

For other ways to select the tool, see Selecting an annotation tool.

The Delete all annotations dialog box is displayed.

| 2. | Specify the images from which you want to delete the annotations:

To... | Do this...
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Delete all annotations from the current image |
| • | Click Image.
Delete all annotations from the selected images |
| • | Click Selected images.
Delete all annotations from the series |
| • | Click Series.

| 3. | Click OK.

The annotations are deleted.

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