topic Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

BurtHardin — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:52:21 GMT

I created a simple polygon feature class and added four polygons. When I select a polygon and attempt to delete it I get one of two error messages:

1. Delete Field [FID] is required and cannot be deleted. or

2. Delete Selected Features Delete Selected Features failed. The selection contains no editable features.

In the attribute table FID values are shown for each of the 4 features.

What is going on here?

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

BurtHardin — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:10:15 GMT

Just closed and reopened the project and was able to delete the polygons. There are a lot of things I like about ArcPro, but there are also a lot of bugs. Reminds me of the early days of ArcGIS 8.x. That was not a pleasant experience either.

Hope you are listening ESRI...

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

JohnValo — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:43:38 GMT

I just had this problem trying to delete a point. Restarting ArcGIS Pro did not solve it. Then I clicked on the List by Editing (pencil icon) in the Contents pane. The point layer for that item was not selected. I selected it, making the layer editable, and was then able to delete the single point.

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

shan_sarkar — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:00:16 GMT

Burt,

What kind of a database are you using? gdb, mdb or sde?

~Shan

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

JohnValo — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:09:33 GMT

The default, gdb.

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

shan_sarkar — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:54:25 GMT

Try to export the feature class into a local gdb created and stored in a different location and see if you are able to replicate the issue.

Re: Cannot Delete Feature Class Polygons

DanielleLee — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:59:33 GMT

What helped for me was moving to a higher license level. I think I was in Advanced when I created the feature, but was having difficulties like this in Basic. Going back to Advanced did the trick.