# "Unable to delete this tile"

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846 "2020-10-11T23:58:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846/1 "2020-10-11T23:58:28Z")

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I was making a tilemap for my new game when I accidentally clicked out of the tilemap editor and into the coding interface. When I clicked back into the tilemap editor, three new tiles had appeared. They were repeats of some previous tiles. Here they are ⬇.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/d/d908e371ba2afaac036cd6baa84d813f2aa7f77f.png)

When I tried to delete them, it said this.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/b/be69c72cab625b730adfd7bad8c9978bf7c083ce.png)  
Unable to delete -  
This tile is used in your game. Remove all blocks using the tile before deleting.

But, the tile wasn’t in my (blank) tilemap or in my game.

Is there any way to delete these tiles?

My game - [https://makecode.com/\_c5mg7dXtTYdR](https://makecode.com/_c5mg7dXtTYdR)

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**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846/2 "2020-10-12T12:33:39Z")

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I think it’s because they were made into copies. It says the “Unable to delete” because you have copies of them in you tilemap side bar thing. It’s only a hypothesis. Most likely a bug I assume

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846/3 "2020-10-13T00:59:21Z")

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Definitely a bug, I’ve filed it in our issue tracker here: [https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues/2456](https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues/2456)

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846/4 "2020-10-13T01:01:43Z")

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And here’s a share link where I fixed it in your project: [https://makecode.com/\_KfRKXbiWLhtq](https://makecode.com/_KfRKXbiWLhtq)

I didn’t delete the tile, but you can delete it now

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**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/unable-to-delete-this-tile/3846/5 "2020-10-13T01:43:57Z")

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Thanks!