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Renaming or deleting schematic sheets is manual

KiCad cannot rename or delete schematic sheet files from inside the program, so users edit project files by hand.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

6 public reports · first reported 28 September 2026 · last reported 29 September 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Engineers who inherit or clean up old KiCad projects want to rename or delete sheet files, and to turn an existing sheet into a top-level sheet.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.