Use the following steps to remove an existing component from the component library:

• Click on the Library tab on the main menu.



• Click on the Remove from Library button on the Library menu:
  
  



• The Remove Component dialog will now appear:
  
  



• In this dialog, select the component library where the component that you wish to remove is installed.
  
  
   If a project is open in the IDE, then the default selected component library will be the component library used by the open project. If a project is not open in the IDE, then the default selected component library will be the last component library used for any operation in the IDE, with the initial component library being the Client component library.
  
  Next, select the category where the component that you wish to remove is installed.
  
  Next, select any or all component(s) that you wish to remove from the component library. You can select multiple components by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on the components, or holding down the Shift key while clicking on or navigating the components with the arrow keys.
  
  Next, click on the Remove Empty Category check box in order to also remove the selected category.
  
  
   The Remove Empty Category check box is only enabled if the selected category will be empty after removing the selected component(s).



• Click on the OK button.



• If there is a project open in the IDE, then you will see the following dialog appear:
  
  
  
  Click on the Yes button to continue with rebuilding the component library.

The component library will now automatically be rebuilt and, if there were no errors during the compilation of the component library, the selected component(s) will be removed from the selected category in the component library. If there were one or more errors during the compilation of the component library, then you should correct the error(s) in the applicable source unit(s), and rebuild the component library manually. To see how to manually rebuild the component library, please see the Building the Component Library topic.