How to delete multiple bars in MuseScore

When composing sheet music with MuseScore 2, you may discover you have a bunch of unwanted bars, e.g. several empty bars at the bottom of the sheet. Here’s how to delete them.

First, hold Shift key, then drag the cursor across the bars you want to delete. A blue bar should appear as you drag. Once done the bars should be come selected.

Next, on a Mac, press Cmd + Backspace.

On a PC, according to the MuseScore forum [1] you may want to try Ctrl + Delete.

That’s it!

References

1. Deleting Blank Bars | MuseScore. https://musescore.org/en/node/18880 [15/01/2017].

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