Question

I would like to “clear all marks”.

Optional notes: (feel free to skip them)

Some numbered marks refer to files I haven’t edited in a long time, I don’t know why they are there, how they got created, how they could be useful and since they refer to files on networked drives, I suspect they may be part of a problem I have with my MacVim, which occasionally hangs with 100% CPU utilisation when closing and exiting. The latter is a potentially completely unfounded “superstition”, but I have run out of things to check so I am resorting to blurting out nonsense in desperation.

Answer 1

:delm[arks]!        Delete all marks for the current buffer, but not marks
            A-Z or 0-9.
            {not in Vi}

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• 'A - 'Z uppercase marks, also called file marks, valid between files
• '0 - '9 numbered marks set from .viminfo file.

To delete them:

:delmarks A-Z0-9

Note: ~/.viminfo contains histories and marks, if you don’t want them any more, you can delete this file. Vim will recreate it next time.

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So, you can do this to clear all marks:

:delm! | delm A-Z0-9