How to Remove Part of a Stroke in Illustrator
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There are a couple of ways that you can do this.
Removing Part of a Stroke with the Scissor Tool
This is what I did in the above screen recording:
- Select the Scissors Tool (
) from the toolbar or press the keyboard shortcut (c). - Click the two points to indicate the part of the stroke that you want to remove.
- Select the Selection Tool (
) from the toolbar or press the keyboard shortcut (v). - Click the part that you cut with Scissors Tool and press the delete or backspace key.
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Removing Part of a Stroke with the Pathfinder Panel
- Select your stroke with the Selection Tool () from the toolbar or press the keyboard shortcut (c).
- Go to Object -> Path -> Outline Stroke to turn the stroke into a fill.
- Draw a shape over your stroke.
- Select both shapes with the Selection Tool or press the keyboard shortcut (v).
- In the Pathfinder Panel, click the Minus Front Button (
).
Removing Part of a Stroke with the Eraser Tool
To do this, you would follow steps 1 and 2 in the section above, then select the Eraser Tool (
) or press the keyboard shortcut (Shift + e), and erase whatever part of the stroke you want.
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