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title: Remove Seats from a Seating Chart
slug: remove-seats-from-a-seating-chart
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createdAt: 2024-03-11T13:55:26.970Z
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You may find yourself in a position where a seat is damaged, and you need to remove the seat from your chart.  You might also want to remove rows for an event. Either way, you can easily remove seats from a chart in the Seating Chart editor.

To begin, go to **More** (at the top) -> **Seating Charts** -> and click **Edit** next to the chart in Seating Charts.

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If a seat chart is in use, you need to ensure that you have not sold the seats you are going to remove. Failure to note and exchange any tickets sold for these seats will cause your sold/remaining numbers to be off, as well as the patron not having a seat upon arrival.
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### Remove seats from your Seating Chart

Locate the seat to remove in your chart.

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Click on the seat once to turn the seat off. It will turn grey.  This makes the seat not sellable anywhere but leaves it on the chart.

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Clicking on the seat a second and then a third time will turn it back on.
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Save your Chart when completed.
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### Change the number of seats in a Row.

To change the number of seats in a row.  You can hover over the row in the seating chart editor and click **Edit** on the right of the row.  This will open the Row creation screen, where you can edit the number of seats present in the row.

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Edit the number of seats for the row and click **Save**.

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Be sure to verify that all seats are labeled correctly in the row after editing.
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### Removing Seats from a Table

Locate the seat to remove in your chart.

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Click on the seat once to turn the seat off. It will turn grey.  This makes the seat not sellable anywhere but leaves it on the chart.  This is helpful when you want to show all seats at a table, but want to sell the table as one seat selection/ticket for the table.

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Click on the seat a second time to remove the seat from the table.  This allows you to show a specific configuration of seats at the table.

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Clicking the seat a third time will turn it back on.
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Click Save when completed.
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### Changing the Number of Seats at a Table

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To edit the number of seats at a table, you can click on the table itself and then select the **Edit** icon from the toolbar in the seat chart editor.

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This will open the table editor.

- On a Round table, you can simply edit the number of seats to appear at the table and save. 

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- Square tables must have at least 1 seat defined for the top/bottom as well as the sides to form the shape of the table.  You can turn those seats off once you have defined the table using the instructions above. But you can edit those numbers as needed.

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Save the chart when you are done.
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