How to Ungroup in Illustrator

While working with vectors, every designer group them for various reasons. Group objects are easy to move from one location to another, or you can easily apply changes to all. So that is why grouping is important.

But if you want to apply changes to only one object or want to remove one object from the design, you can not do that until you ungroup them. Ungrouping is an effortless task. But if you are not able to find the option from where you can ungroup, then that’s a problem.

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If you are new or don’t have the idea of ungrouping in Illustrator, then you are in the right place. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to ungroup in Adobe Illustrator.

So let’s start.

4 ways to Ungroup in Illustrator (Easy & Quick)

In Adobe Illustrator, you can ungroup the objects or vectors using 4 different and easy ways. The easy ways to Ungroup in Illustrator are short key, right-click options, Quick Actions panel, or Object Menu.

1^st Method: Short key

The easiest and quickest way to Ungroup objects or vectors in Illustrator is by using the keyboard shortcut keys. Keyboard shortcuts are not just easy, but help a lot to save time.

Select the objects that you want in Ungroup using the Selection Tool.

If you want to ungroup, press “Shift+Ctrl+G” from the keyboard in Adobe Illustrator.

The selected objects will be ungrouped.

2^nd Method: Right Click

The second easiest way to Ungroup objects in Illustrator is by selecting the Ungroup option from the right-click list.

Select the objects that you want to ungroup using the Selection Tool.

Right-click on the objects. The list will appear with different options.

Select “Ungroup”.

The selected objects will be ungrouped.

3^rd Method: Quick Actions

Ungroup options are also available in the Quick Actions panel if we select the objects.

Select the object using the Selection Tool.

Go to Properties > Quick Actions > Ungroup.

The selected objects will be Ungrouped.

4^th method: Object Menu

Another way to Ungroup objects is by using the Object Menu.

Select the objects using the Selection Tool.

Go to Object > Ungroup.

The objects will ungroup.

If you have multiple objects that are separately grouped and then combined to make a group, you can, again and again, ungroup them until the Ungroup option is highlighted in the Object menu.

You have learned from Ungroup in Illustrator.

In this tutorial, you have learned four different ways to ungroup objects in Adobe Illustrator. You can choose any method for ungrouping objects while working in Illustrator.

You can watch the detailed video tutorial that is given at the top to learn how to ungroup in Illustrator.

Have More Questions?

If you have any questions related to ungroup in Illustrator, you can ask in the comment section below. We have also answered the most frequently asked questions below.

How to Ungroup Text in Illustrator

The easiest way to ungroup text is to select the text using the Selection Tool.

Right-click on the text and select Create Outlines or press “Shift+Ctrl+O”.

This option will convert text to an outline.

Now, right-click and select Ungroup.

The text is ungrouped now.

You can move letters from one location to another according to your choice.

How to Ungroup Layers in Illustrator

If you want to ungroup layers, then, first of all, create a new layer.

Then select the layer that you want to ungroup from the other layer and move the layer to another new layer.

The layers will be ungrouped.