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Ungroup the selection

CmdShiftG

Mac Desktop app Inkscape default keymap

Practice this

To ungroup the selection in Inkscape, press Ctrl + Shift + G. On a Mac, press Cmd + Shift + G instead.

Where it works: Group selected

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdShiftG`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlShiftG`

Where this comes from

inkscape.xml - Inkscape default keyboard shortcuts

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Ungroup the selected shapes Adobe After Effects Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selection Canva Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selection Figma Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selection Adobe Illustrator Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected group LibreOffice Impress Shift + Cmd + Option + A
Ungroup the clips Kdenlive Ctrl + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected objects Keynote Option + Shift + Cmd + G
Take the layers out of their group Krita Ctrl + Alt + G
Ungroup the stack Adobe Lightroom Shift + Cmd + G
Ungroup the items Miro Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected objects Numbers Option + Shift + Cmd + G
Ungroup the selected objects Pages Option + Shift + Cmd + G

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