removing path components in PS

[jasonchan]

if i create a path, consisting of several path components, but then figure that i would want to remove a component... how would i accomplish this without deleting the whole entire path?

[tZ]

use the delete anchor point tool in the sub menu of the pen tool

[jasonchan]

okay so just delete the specific component path's anchor one by one then.
thanks!

[Ned]

If you're on the pen tool, you can just hover over a point, and you'll see the delete tool pop up (the minus sign will appear next to the pen head cursor). You can also add points to a line by hovering over a line segment until the + sign appears.

You can hold CTRL/CMD to access the last used selection tool. If this is the white arrow tool (you can cycle through the two on a Windows system by using CTRL-TAB), then you can select an individual point, and SHIFT select multiple points. You can then delete all the selected points by pressing backspace or delete.

[Broacher]

You don't need to select each point one-by-one.

Direct select tool (white pointer)- Alt-click, selects all points that are connected in a path line. Followed by: DEL