# How do I disconnect a body from a sketch?

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**Created:** [April 16, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-disconnect-a-body-from-a-sketch/31276 "2024-04-16T07:23:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-disconnect-a-body-from-a-sketch/31276/2 "2024-04-16T08:13:50Z")

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Hi  
Short answer: it’s not possible. Hide the sketch, do not delete.

You can’t delete a sketch anymore, without deleting also everything that was created using this sketch, because with the parametric version of Shapr3D, every modification on your sketch will automatically modify the body accordingly.

> [@5.590 - History-Based Parametric Modeling is here](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-590-history-based-parametric-modeling-is-here/31108/15):
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> Short answer … don’t delete the sketches, just hide them in the Item list (which means they are always available later just in case you need them again). Often, they will be hidden automatically. Pretty much everything else continues to work the same even if you ignore the history feature. In exchange for the slight change in how sketches are handled, we can now have multiple different unique sketches on the exact same plane if needed (automatically numbered to keep them separate, but you can r…

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