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Reset color palette


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Can colors be erased or reordered in the shapes color palette?. I have been experimenting with colors and the palette window is getting long and unmanageable
Thanks

Best answer by Marina

Hi @Miguel Villagomez and @Rob Johnson,

If you want to clear the palette of unused custom colors, just click-and-drag them outside the palette. Please note that the 16 default colors cannot be removed. 

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Robert Johnson
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  • August 15, 2020

@Miguel Villagomez Very interesting. I had never considered this before as I have only added a handful of custom colours in the past. I suspect this use case never was never considered as I too cannot find any option to reset/delete/clear custom colours.

I would suggest posting this as a Wish List item. Including a screenshot would surely highlight the unmanageable scenario you are describing.


Marina
Mironeer
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  • August 21, 2020

Hi @Miguel Villagomez and @Rob Johnson,

If you want to clear the palette of unused custom colors, just click-and-drag them outside the palette. Please note that the 16 default colors cannot be removed. 


Kiron Bondale
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Wow @Marina - that IS a pretty logical action and after searching I can see it is mentioned here: https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572374-Colors-on-the-Board 

Thanks!

Kiron


Thanks Marina and Kiron


Zenzola
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  • September 16, 2020
Marina wrote:

Hi @Miguel Villagomez and @Rob Johnson,

If you want to clear the palette of unused custom colors, just click-and-drag them outside the palette. Please note that the 16 default colors cannot be removed. 

I seemed to reach the max as it wouldnt let me add any more, so I removed the ones I didnt need but it still wont let me add any more. When I click the plus icon, it just jumps to the color it was. Is this a bug?


Robert Johnson
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  • September 16, 2020

@Zenzola - It could be, however I just demonstrated this to someone yesterday by removing all custom colors and then adding a new one. I just tried this again and it is working fine for me. I am using the latest Chrome browser on Windows 10. I would suggest re-launching your browser/Miro desktop/whichever application you are using to access Miro and try again.


Zenzola
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  • September 16, 2020
Robert Johnson wrote:

@Zenzola - It could be, however I just demonstrated this to someone yesterday by removing all custom colors and then adding a new one. I just tried this again and it is working fine for me. I am using the latest Chrome browser on Windows 10. I would suggest re-launching your browser/Miro desktop/whichever application you are using to access Miro and try again.

Thank you! Yes, that fixed it. Maybe a cache issue.


Brian Fulghum
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  • February 6, 2021

Brilliant! just what I was looking for.

This community is Awesome!


Brian Fulghum
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Now I’d like to be able to rearrange them to have sets for different client’s logo colour schemes.

 


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This is a great mechanic. I love it!

 


Kyle Chipman
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Shoot, I was looking for a specific wish list item to remove all color palettes to either upvote or create myself, found this thread, then read on to realize that someone had linked my earlier Color Palette Management submission from 2020. Brand Center gets closer to addressing these initial requests, but there are still a number of opportunities for refinement, including all the items flagged here by @Jason Dinkel. Great calls Jason.

Specifically for this thread, manually dragging / dropping outside the frame to remove them is an unnecessary chore when colors are logged frequently.


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  • March 21, 2025

Hi,

Looks like a bunch of pastel default colors have been added to the palette and we cant remove them. Any way to at least make this a tab default and ‘other’?

 

seems like;

  1. useless unnecessary update
  2. forces us to clutter the UI with unwanted options
  3. This changed all my previous default colors on my boards to the pastels - no thanks. 

brutal update


No, colors can't be erased or reordered in the shapes color palette. To keep it manageable, try limiting the number of custom colors added. Similar to organizing your favorites in YouCine for a cleaner experience.


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