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Until now, the only real way to remove a wire segment on the schematic has been through use of the Break Wire feature, with the Cutting Length option set to Snap To Segment. And while a segment could be selected graphically, the entire wire to which it was connected would be removed if using the Delete keyboard shortcut. In addition, the ability to 'get at' segments that start or end at an automatic juntion has been missing, returning the entire segment of wire and essentially ignoring the junction.

Treatment of wire segments has been greatly enhanced in Altium Designer 14.3. Not only can you now perform surgeon-like removal of selected wire segments with the tap of the Delete key, auto-junctions are also accounted for - allowing you to remove a segment of a wire up to that junction only (and including that junction if only two other wire segments would otherwise remain connected to it).

Considering a T-juntion, which is formed of three wire segments and a junction, removal of one wire segment will result in the removal of the junction. The remaining two wire segments will simply be merged to form a single segment.

Remember to click twice (with a pause in between) on a particular segment of wire to select it, denoted by its end-point editing handes turning red. You can delete multiple segments across different wires, ensure that each is selected (Shift+click twice on each subsequent segment to include it in the overall segment selection).

Delete selected track segments, including attached autojunctions where applicable, with a press of the Delete key.

Where multiple different objects are currently selected on a schematic, the first use of the Delete key will delete all selected wire segments (indicated by their red editing handles). Subsequent use of the Delete key will then cause all other objects in the original selection to be deleted.