How to use the eraser
Written by Greg Ives
Creator of Jotboard
Learn how to erase drawings and pen strokes from your Jotboard whiteboard using the eraser tool, including whole-line erasing.
How to use the eraser
The eraser tool removes drawings and pen strokes from the board.
Getting started
- Click the Eraser icon in the toolbar.
- Click and drag over the pen strokes you want to remove.
- The strokes will be erased as you draw over them.
Erasing whole lines at once
By default, the eraser only removes the part of a stroke you drag over. If you’d rather delete an entire pen, marker, highlighter, or brush stroke the moment you touch it:
- Select the Eraser tool.
- In the toolbar, click the Erase whole lines toggle.
- Touch or click any stroke to remove it completely, in one go.
A single drag can remove several strokes at once, and undoing (Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z) restores everything from that drag in one step. Click the toggle again to go back to the default bit-by-bit erasing.
What the eraser removes
- Pen strokes
- Marker strokes
- Highlighter strokes
- Brush strokes
What the eraser does not remove
- Sticky notes
- Text boxes
- Images
- Shapes
To delete these objects, select them and press Delete or Backspace, or use the three-dot menu and select Delete.
Undo an erase
If you accidentally erase something, press Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on Mac) to undo.
