# Sketch and Body Deletion

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-and-body-deletion/39386>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-and-body-deletion/39386 "2025-09-11T01:40:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![llllllllllllllllilil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@llllllllllllllllilil](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/llllllllllllllllilil)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-and-body-deletion/39386/1 "2025-09-11T01:40:11Z")

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I wanted to only delete the sketch that I already created a body with, because it was so lagging, and I felt so uncomfortable with the body also automatically getting deleted together with the sketch when I only want to delete the sketch. Is there any way that I can fix this? Because I remember old Shapr didn’t delete the body together when I only deleted the sketch which I was in favor of. I don’t think automatic deletion of the body when I only delete the sketch is ever helpful.

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**Author:** ![JST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JST](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JST)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-and-body-deletion/39386/2 "2025-09-11T04:01:40Z")

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You may have been using S3D for too long. It became history-based a few years ago. Open the history panel and use the merge command by opening the header.

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