Remove a CI from a map using the map editor

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title: Remove a CI from a map using the map editor
description: You can remove \(hide\) a CI from the map only if you added it during the current editing session and have not yet saved the map. You can't remove a CI that was on the map when you started the editing session.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/unified-map/unified-map-editor-remove-ci.html
release: australia
product: Unified Map
classification: unified-map
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Editing a map, Use, Unified Map, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Remove a CI from a map using the map editor

You can remove \(hide\) a CI from the map only if you added it during the current editing session and have not yet saved the map. You can't remove a CI that was on the map when you started the editing session.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

When you remove \(hide\) a CI from the map, the record of the CI in the CMDB is not deleted. In contrast, connection records for a removed CI are affected as described in [Deleting a connection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/unified-map/unified-map-editing-map.md).

## Procedure

1.  While editing a map, take one of the following actions:

    -   Select the CI and then select **Remove** in the Attributes panel.
    -   Select and hold \(or right-click\) the CI and then select **Remove**.