How to turn off and delete constraints in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023

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Issue:

When drawing in AutoCAD, constraints are automatically added to objects and appear when the mouse hovers over an object. How to turn off and delete these constraints?

Causes:

Geometric Constraints are automatically inferred when the CONSTRAINTINFER system variable is set to 1 (ON).

Solution:

To turn off geometric constraints:

On the command line in AutoCAD, enter CONSTRAINTINFER and set the value to 0 (zero)
Enter CONSTRAINTSETTINGS command and on the Geometric tab, uncheck the box for "Infer geometric constraints."

To delete geometric constraints:

Select the objects to remove constraints from.
On the command line, enter the DELCON command.

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