Remove circuit cable easily?

[Phoenix]

Is there a way to remove circuit cable without having to remove the entire item it's connected to?

[DCYW]

get a red/green wire and then right click, i think

[KatherineOfSky]

Hold the wire color you want to remove. Click one entitiy it's connected to. Hold Alt and click the entity you want to disconnect.

[Emmote]

Originally posted by KatherineOfSky:

Hold the wire color you want to remove. Click one entitiy it's connected to. Hold Alt and click the entity you want to disconnect.

Do you even need to press ALT? I'm certain I've never had to.

Just click the two items while holding the correct colour wire, the same way you'd join them, and they'll disconnect.

[daniel0674]

Originally posted by Emmote:

Originally posted by KatherineOfSky:

Hold the wire color you want to remove. Click one entitiy it's connected to. Hold Alt and click the entity you want to disconnect.

Do you even need to press ALT? I'm certain I've never had to.

Just click the two items while holding the correct colour wire, the same way you'd join them, and they'll disconnect.

Exactly, no need to press ALT. Since ALT is used for the detail view no other key combination uses the ALT key.

[shrallseb]

Getting the removed red/green cable back in your inventory would be nice.

[impetus_maximus]

Originally posted by shrallseb:

Getting the removed red/green cable back in your inventory would be nice.

if placed by robots, they are free. i'd call it a wash.
[edit] if you place a blueprint, even manually placing items you will get free wires.

[piccolo255]

Originally posted by shrallseb:

Getting the removed red/green cable back in your inventory would be nice.

Just abandon the "wires as items" concept altogether: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/WireShortcuts