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The Outliner is an editor in Blender that gives you a 2D representation of all the data in the file as a list of hierarchies.

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Delete multiple objects in the Outliner

Is it possible to delete multiple objects in the Outliner? The way I delete objects now is by Shift + Left Click on them on the Outliner, then Right Click then selecting Delete. However, this only works on the active element, not on all selected…
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What is the difference between 'Unlink' and 'Delete' in the Outliner?

I tried to use Unlink in Outliner, because I didn't know what it is exactly. It seems to do the same thing as Delete. But there must be differences between them. What is it?
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Select all and delete in outliner search results

Here's my problem... I have many objects which I've duplicated but didn't notice myself duplicating the camera while I was in side view: Now this is ok, because I've spotted a search box. I can find/delete... Except deleting (while mouse is in 3D…
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Blender 2.8x Outliner - Manually Reorder Objects within Collection

In my Blender project I have collections like so: And I would like to manually reorder the objects within the collections. For example, within the collection named Fat Donuts, I would like the order to be: Letter D... Letter O... Letter N... Letter…
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Is it possible to select an object in the 3D view, and see it highlighted in the outline view if it is inside a collection?

When I select an object in 3D view, how can I see the object highlighted in the Outliner if I have placed the object in a Collection?
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What's the 'disable in viewports'?

I don't know difference between 'hide in viewport' and 'disable in viewports' in Blender 2.8 outliner. What's the precise function of 'disable in viewports'? And if possible, please explain the precise function of 'Holdout' to me too.
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What criteria is used to sort the outliner when "Sort Alphabetically" is off?

What Criteria is used to sort the outliner when "Sort Alphabetically" is off? The order definitely changes when I toggle that setting, but I can't tell what the order is changing to.
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Blender how to show in outliner only the objects that are on the layer selected in the layers box?

Another way to ask this is how to show only one layer at a time in the outliner?
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Is there a convenient way to "collapse" the view of multiple, possibly nested, collections in the outliner?

In an Add-On I'm working on, I procedurally generate a modest-to-large number of collections, and often end up with an outliner looks something like this: I then often find myself tediously clicking the "collapse" arrow one-by-one on each…
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Is there a way to drive an object's location by it's position on the Outliner or similar?

I've been using Blender for some multi-object 2d scenes with an orthographic camera setup and wondered whether there was a way I could drive an object's Z position based on it's position within the Outliner? Basically I'm looking to mimic graphical…
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Outliner : show objects match name with wildcards

I have 20 storeys building, each floor has its own objects, for example floor 1 : Floor 1 bath, Floor 1 kitchen etc. floor 2 : Floor 2 utility, Floor 2 terrace etc up to .. floor 20 : Floor 20 office, Floor 20 meeting etc. I want to show objects…
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What does the torn sheet of paper icon in outliner mean?

What does torn sheet of paper mean? And how repair it?
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Hidden layers appear when I hit undo

I have two layers that have a purple circle around the visiblity "eye" icon in the outliner. Every time I hit undo, these two purple layers re-appear. How do I mark them as un purple?
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Outliner locked me out, layers highlighted green, and many layers are hidden cant unhide

I accidently did something to my outliner that I can't find or figure out how to undo. All of my layer trees are gone except one but all objects are in the 3D viewport. I also can't do anything in my outliner except go into edit mode for the visible…
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Selecting items in Outliner using hotkey (B)?

I select multiple items using the B in the outliner window, but when I want to parent them (using CtrlP ) to the last selected object (I select object seperatley, LMB ), it won't parent. Just to clarify - this is for organization sake - got lots…
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