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Asked: 2026-05-31T21:17:17+00:00

Notepad++ obviously recognizes all comments as such. Is there a way to simply delete

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Notepad++ obviously recognizes all comments as such. Is there a way to simply delete all?

Edit: Stat-R’s bookmark method has helped greatly, not only for removing comments but for conditionally removing lines in general.

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  1. Editorial Team

    For a general file, first of all you need to know the comment operator of the language you are writing the file in. For example, in java script the comment operator is //.
    For the following code…

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    In NP++, you need to

    Mark the lines that contains ‘//’. Make sure the bookmark option is enabled.

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    Then, choose from NP++ menu Search>Bookmark>Remove Bookmarked lines

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    EDIT:
    Another solution after @Chris Mirno ‘s suggestion is as follows:
    Use regular expression. See the image below. It is self explanatory
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    To understand it better, refer to these

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