When you delete selected strokes using the Backspace (Linux and Windows) or Delete (Mac OS X) key on your keyboard, or by selecting Edit > Delete, only the stroke node is deleted—the underlying stroke path curve is not. To delete strokes and their underlying stroke path curves, use the following procedures.
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