# Open path, delete lines in vector tools / pen tool

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/open-path-delete-lines-in-vector-tools-pen-tool/10749>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** vector, pen-tool\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/open-path-delete-lines-in-vector-tools-pen-tool/10749 "2026-07-23T11:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Arvid](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/arvid/32/10861_2.png) [@Arvid](https://community.penpot.app/u/Arvid)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/open-path-delete-lines-in-vector-tools-pen-tool/10749/1 "2026-07-23T11:13:19Z")

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Hi!

I flattened an icon so I only have one path to deal with. Now the path is closed for some reason and I would like to open it but I am not quite sure how I can delete a side / open the path.

For example the line marked red here I would like to be gone:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/d/dab23a9242acf2649160375d8df1d60fb27122de.png)

But I am not quite sure how to achieve this. Many thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![elenatorro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/elenatorro/32/7407_2.png) [@elenatorro](https://community.penpot.app/u/elenatorro)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/open-path-delete-lines-in-vector-tools-pen-tool/10749/2 "2026-07-24T07:21:27Z")

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This seems to be a bug, could you open an issue in our GitHub repository? [GitHub - penpot/penpot: Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration. · GitHub](https://github.com/penpot/penpot)

It would help us if you could attach the icon and tell us if this happens only with the WebGL render active. Thanks!!