Using edit to connect two disjointed pieces of the same polygon

[LucasBeck]

Hi Everyone,

I have a file geodatabase feature class, that contains a single object that is a polygon. However, the polygon is not continuous. There is one island that I would like to connect to the larger main portion of the polygon. I tried to use the edit vertices tool, to connect the small part of the polygon to the larger, but I could not find a way to delete the internal divisions between the former island and the main polygon. In other word I could edit the vertices to get the two pieces to overlap, but not to merge into a single object without internal divisions. I tried using the merge tool, the dissolve boundaries tool and the dissolve tool, but I think these failed because the pieces are both part of the same polygon contained within a single layer. Does anyone know a way that I can edit the pieces of these polygons to merge them together without any internal divisions? Thanks so much for any advice. 

Best regards,

Lucas 

[RhettZufelt · Accepted solution]

Hard to visualize without a snapshot, but if you are trying to get rid of internal veticies like below, you can go to edit verticies:

Then, while holding down the "D" key, drag a selection around the internal vertecies to delete them:

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[LucasBeck]

Worked great! Thank you!