Answers.Body: <p>If you have made an edit and you want to remove it, you can <strong>click on the edit</strong> then <strong>press <kbd>delete</kbd></strong> and the edit will be removed. </p>
  
  <p>fig1. selected edit:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SLZ3j.png" alt="Selected edit in Final Cut 7"></p>
  
  <p><em>Note that this only works if the time on either side of the edit hasnt changed, as indicated by the red triangles.</em> If you have cut out any video, you cant delete the edit:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pL8N6.png" alt="Indicator"></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You can just select the edit and hit <kbd>Delete</kbd>. If you removed any video in between, you won't be able to delete the edit.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Click on the line for the edit that you have done with the blade in order to select it and then press back space.</p>
  
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Body: <blockquote>
    <p>I want to be able to "undo" the blade tool, in effect merging clips
    together. How can I do this?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><em>(Answered <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/3937/how-to-delete-an-edit-in-final-cut-pro-un-blade/3939#3939">another</a> question without noticing it was for Final Cut X, not FCP 7, but here is the answer for anyone using Final Cut Pro 7)</em></p>
  
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Comments.Text: No, I didn't look at your other answer :-)
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Comments.Text: haha, beat me to the punch :p
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Comments.Text: I did. Being an FCP fan, I couldn't pass up the question. :-)
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Title: How to delete an edit in Final Cut Pro (un-blade)
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ThreadText: # How to delete an edit in Final Cut Pro (un-blade)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-07)
  
  > I want to be able to "undo" the blade tool, in effect merging clips
  > together. How can I do this?
  
  *(Answered [another](https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/3937/how-to-delete-an-edit-in-final-cut-pro-un-blade/3939#3939) question without noticing it was for Final Cut X, not FCP 7, but here is the answer for anyone using Final Cut Pro 7)*
  
  **Tags:** final-cut-pro
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: No, I didn't look at your other answer :-)  
  > **username_0**: haha, beat me to the punch :p  
  > **username_1**: I did. Being an FCP fan, I couldn't pass up the question. :-)  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2012-05-07. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  If you have made an edit and you want to remove it, you can **click on the edit** then **press `delete`** and the edit will be removed.
  
  fig1. selected edit:
  
  ![Selected edit in Final Cut 7](https://i.sstatic.net/SLZ3j.png)
  
  *Note that this only works if the time on either side of the edit hasnt changed, as indicated by the red triangles.* If you have cut out any video, you cant delete the edit:
  
  ![Indicator](https://i.sstatic.net/pL8N6.png)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-07. Score: 0
  
  You can just select the edit and hit `Delete`. If you removed any video in between, you won't be able to delete the edit.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-05-27. Score: -1
  
  Click on the line for the edit that you have done with the blade in order to select it and then press back space.
  
  
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