How do I unmark my scripture?

I can mark my scriptures but how do I unmark or change to color or style?

Are you using a web browser or Gospel Library on a mobile device?

I have the same question. I'm using iPhone 5 mobile app. I marked a verse on accident and want to "unmark" it but can't figure out how...?

Tap on the unwanted marked selection. A menu will appear: style, note, tag, link, copy. Then there is a right arrow. Select the right arrow. "Remove" should then appear.

Kelly's answer looks like it's for iOS, so I'll post for LDS.org (since that's the group we're in). There are two ways. Both require you to be logged in.

1. Click the "My Account and Ward" link and choose "Notes" from the drop-down. Find the highlight of interest using the two left panes and click on it to load it in the right-hand pane. Then click the "Delete" option in the upper right corner of that pane.

2. In the chapter where the highlighted verse is, mouse over the highlight. This should open a popup window with highlight color boxes and an option for "Edit Note / Tag". (If you don't get the popup, click in an area of the page that's empty and then mouse over the highlight again.) Click on the "Edit Note / Tag" option and you'll see a trash can icon. Click that to delete the highlight. It will pop up another dialog so you can confirm you really want to delete.

Liz

Thank you both for your replies. I am indeed using an iOS device.

@Kelly. I tried what you have suggested, when I select a word (or verse) which had previously been marked (the "unwanted marked selection")... I see the little pop up with options (they are first, "speak", "mark", "note", "tag"), and the little "right arrow". I click the right arrow and the following options show, "link", "copy", "share", and another "right arrow". I click the right arrow again, and now see options, "define" or "search". So, no remove option for previously marked verses that I now wish to "unmark".

However, I did find to what you were referring. If I am marking a selection "for the first time" (not a previously unwanted marked selection), then... I see the little pop up with options (they are first, "speak", "mark", "note", "tag"), and the little "right arrow"... If I select "mark", it adds a new marking, and the gives the options of first, "style", then "note", then "tag", and then "link"), and the little "right arrow". If I choose the right arrow I now see, "copy", "share", and now "REMOVE" (and the little right arrow). Clicking "remove" here will delete the new marking you are currently making only, but DOES NOT remove any previously unwanted marked selection.

I need to know how to remove marks the were made "previously" (maybe days, weeks, or months ago). Anyone know how to do that?
Thanks again

BoiseWhites,

Old highlights should show the same as new highlights, unless, by some fluke, two different logins have used the device and the "old" highlights actually belong to the other login, in which case, you might need to use the other login to delete them.

Also, if you use the method I posted for deleting highlights on LDS.org, then sync your device (force it to sync, and it will drop anything that's only on the device and pull a "fresh" copy of what's on LDS.org), that should get the old stuff off the device.

If that doesn't work, I'd recommend checking to see if a similar problem has been posted on the Gospel Library for iOS group: https://tech.lds.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=103

As a geek, I can't help but advise the following standard troubleshooting techniques (up to you whether to try any):
* Power-cycle the device - power it down, wait 30+ seconds, power it up; then try again.
* Clear the cache of the app (not sure if iOS lets you do this)
* Clear the data of the app (not sure if iOS lets you do this - be warned, you'll have to re-download the library content and re-set-up your login to sync annotations - as if you installed the app fresh - you have to re-set-up your preferences and everything; but as long as you're using an LDS Account to sync annotations, you won't lose any)
* Uninstall and re-install the app (make sure doing this removes the data - you might even power-cycle between uninstall and re-install)

And finally, I believe I've seen this reported before and it was a rare problem which required the user to send feedback via their device and get tech support to delete the problem highlights or fix a corruption issue with their account, or something like that.

FWIW,

Liz

I am using an iPod Touch5 with IOS 9.2.1 and am unable to follow your instructions on deleting a previously highlighted verse. No garbage can or delete option shows up.
Thanks for your help.

Wascho, you should probably use the in-app feedback option, tell them exactly which verse(s) is highlighted, explain the details (can't select it? or when you select it, there's no option to delete it?), and ask their help removing it. I don't know what else you could try.

Liz

For iOS: If you tap on a word or phrase that's marked and you don't see "remove" in the options, it may be that the word or phrase is marked multiple times. Here's what to do: tap on the marked word or phrase and a "Choose highlight" menu will come up. Tap a selection and it will take you back out to the verse. Tap once on the word or phrase with the highlight you want to remove. The option menu should now give you the option to "remove" when you tap the right arrow. You will need to repeat until each of the multiple highlights is gone.

Note that you don't need to select a marked verse or phrase to remove the marking. Instead, just tap on it. Selecting will bring up options for adding a new annotation, while tapping will bring up options for removing or editing the tapped annotation.

This is a wider version of the aforementioned question "How do I unmark my scripture?" I would like clear out ALL of my marks from every book and start over just like buying a new set of scriptures. Of course, I really don't want to have to do it one by one, and I don't particularly want to create a new user id. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

There's not currently a way to remove all of your annotations at once.

Some times just flip your phone and the remove button will appear.

pennyshaslam wrote:Some times just flip your phone and the remove button will appear.

I was imagining an etch-a-sketch, or maybe pancakes*, until I realized you meant "rotate it to landscape mode"...

*My apologies for mentioning food on Fast Sunday morning...

This "Choose highlight" menu and then tapping a selection worked. The garbage can appeared in the menu when I clicked the right arrow and I was able to delete one layer of highlighting at a time. It would be great if this feature were not so obscure since it seems like this would be a common problem and a reader should be able to "unmark" a selection with much more ease.

Here is what works to remove a previous highlight that you no longer want highlighted on an iPad: highlight the text you want to remove, touch and hold for a few seconds somewhere in the highlighted text, then release and quickly touch the highlighted text and the "remove" button will come up. Then tap "remove" and the highlighted text will go away.

woodburyrf wrote:Here is what works to remove a previous highlight that you no longer want highlighted on an iPad: highlight the text you want to remove, touch and hold for a few seconds somewhere in the highlighted text, then release and quickly touch the highlighted text and the "remove" button will come up. Then tap "remove" and the highlighted text will go away.

Touching and holding will create a new selection or highlight, which you don't want to do. Instead, you can simply tap or quickly touch the highlighted text and the remove button will come up.

I have a similar but different question. How do I unmark ALL my scripture markings at once. I just want a clean slate. Any suggestions?

smithmisha wrote:I have a similar but different question. How do I unmark ALL my scripture markings at once. I just want a clean slate. Any suggestions?

There's no quick way to do this, but the easiest way would be to go to Notes > All ("Notes" is a section on the main library screen) and use the context menu / three dots (Android) or edit / swipe (iOS) on each annotation to delete them one by one.

So ... this is simply not working. I am doing (I think) everything that is suggested and the highlight does not clear. I am using a Mac, is this a platform issue?

gwiddison wrote:So ... this is simply not working. I am doing (I think) everything that is suggested and the highlight does not clear. I am using a Mac, is this a platform issue?

There are several differences between platforms (they're getting closer, but there's still a ways to go).

On the Church website, if you go to Notes.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, you can see all of your existing annotations (notes, highlights, etc.). The list of annotations is on the left and an individual annotation loads on the right. In the top right there's an icon that looks like a trash can. Tapping that will delete the annotation. You can click on each annotation in the list, then tap the trash can in the top right to delete it. Does that work?

Instructions by adamkpeterson worked for me. Thank you!

Hi. I am using the LDS scriptures on my PC from the church website.

When I highlight a previously marked passage in one color and want to remove it, there is no "remove". There is a trash can symbol but it is not highlighted and you cannot use it.

So, on a PC, how do you remove text highlighting on the church website scriptures (I am in the BK of Mormon)?

marcmeg wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:00 am Hi. I am using the LDS scriptures on my PC from the church website.

When I highlight a previously marked passage in one color and want to remove it, there is no "remove". There is a trash can symbol but it is not highlighted and you cannot use it.

So, on a PC, how do you remove text highlighting on the church website scriptures (I am in the BK of Mormon)?

Instead of selecting text, simply click or tap on the existing highlight. That will bring up a menu with options for that highlight, including Remove.

I have found this to work on desktop for Windows or IOS. If you have marked the section, scripture, words, more than once—then
• highlight the area you want to unmark.
• then click on the blue bubble that marks the beginning or end of the marking.
• then click inside the area you want to unmark (which should still be highlighted)
• this should bring up a menu on the right that shows examples of all the markings the text currently has.
• click on the marking you wish to remove.
• this will take you back to the menu for “markings/style, notes, tags, etc.”. Go to “markings/style” and choose the bottom style of the plain text with no markings.

This should remove the one marking/highlight. Repeat until there is only one marking/highlight left.
Then just highlight one more time, click on a blue bubble and then on the marked highlighted text one more time and it will take you straight to the side menu like before—and select “markings/style”. And again choose the bottom style of plain text with no markings.!!!

It gets tricky sometimes clicking on exactly the right place. I always click on the beginning blue bubble, then click at the very beginning of the selected text. And it has always worked for me after some extensive testing!!!

Best of luck!!
Hugs!!

I am following all of the prior posts but still can't unmark sections I've previously marked. The "remove" and trash bin is grayed out. How do I get that option to not be grayed out so I can remove markings?