# Delete points and go from Mapper to Cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/delete-points-and-go-from-mapper-to-cloud/28886 "2024-01-07T03:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kevin.sauerwald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kevin.sauerwald](https://community.pix4d.com/u/kevin.sauerwald)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/delete-points-and-go-from-mapper-to-cloud/28886/1 "2024-01-07T03:12:10Z")
So I’m using Cloud very recently and only using mapper for couple of months… but missing the proper steps I think to delete points and then get that to then show in cloud with the points missing. So from reading you should do step 1&2 and then assign the points (you dont want) to “disabled” then save and do step 3. So I do that and for the most part my points are gone in mapper… but if I then take the tif files, las and mesh files and put into cloud its all there again. I need to clean my points up so its cleaner for my clients… but I cant seem to delete them and then get it to show in cloud correct. I’m thinking because maybe mesh files are from step 2 when the bad points are in there ? and you cant redo that step because that just puts them all back in there. So am I missing some step… or technique to accomplish this ? Do I need to do something in cloud ? Any tips tricks or pointers to pages with info are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Daniele\_Lecci](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/daniele_lecci/32/9493_2.png) [@Daniele\_Lecci](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Daniele_Lecci)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/delete-points-and-go-from-mapper-to-cloud/28886/2 "2024-01-08T10:08:41Z")
Hi @kevin.sauerwald. With the Step 3 you are creating the DSM and the Orthomosaic. The orthomosaic will be based on your images, so the feature removed from the point cloud will still be visible, but will be adjusted on the new DSM created taking into account the edit changes. Are you using the procedure described here? > **[How to edit the point cloud in the rayCloud](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202560499-How-to-edit-the-point-cloud-in-the-rayCloud)** > > Editing the point cloud allows to clean the 3D model by reducing noise and improving the precision as well as the visual rendering. This impacts the outputs of Step 3. DSM, Orthomosaic and Index. > > ... Make sure you save the project ( **Project \> Save Project** ) and you export annually the new densified point cloud. More information here: > **[How to export the Point Cloud](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/203890769-How-to-export-the-Point-Cloud)** > >   > > Access:  Available once step 2. Point Cloud and Mesh has been completed. > > >   > > Important: If a Processing Area exists, only points within the processing area are exported. > > One Densified Point Cl... ---
**Author:** ![kevin.sauerwald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kevin.sauerwald](https://community.pix4d.com/u/kevin.sauerwald)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/delete-points-and-go-from-mapper-to-cloud/28886/3 "2024-01-08T14:36:44Z")
ahh… thanks, I was missing the export portion of the instructions. I was reading some other posts about how to delete the points and they all just noted to repeat step 3 and that was it. Thanks. Its all edited in Pix4d Cloud… Side question with deleting points… Others have asked this for years from what I read. Most of my noise points are all blue… would be real nice to be able to just delete the blue ones. They must be blue for a reason. There anyway to just delete those ? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/original/2X/9/95487dbe78ca8273abd0c5b5ac3700431b875955.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Daniele\_Lecci](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/daniele_lecci/32/9493_2.png) [@Daniele\_Lecci](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Daniele_Lecci)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/delete-points-and-go-from-mapper-to-cloud/28886/4 "2024-01-09T08:11:59Z")
Hi @kevin.sauerwald Thank you for your answer. I’m happy to hear that you can export and see the changes. For your side question, unfortunately, there is no way to select points by color. This can be done with PIX4Dsurvey using the color selection tool: > **[Color-based selections - PIX4Dsurvey](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052253332-Color-based-selections-PIX4Dsurvey#Color%20Selection)** > > The Color-based selections in PIX4Dsurvey allow for an easy selection of objects and other features based on their color. The Road selection is more specific for road surfaces and thus has tailored... If you want to know why these points are blue, I suggest you select one of these points and see the corresponding point in the images (right-hand sidebar). I imagine that these can be caused by sky visible in the images. If this is the case, I suggest taking a look at these pages: > **[How to remove the Sky from the Point Cloud using the Annotation Tool](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/212262943-How-to-remove-the-Sky-from-the-Point-Cloud-using-the-Annotation-Tool)** > > In aerial oblique or terrestrial projects, part of the images is covered by sky. The sky does not consist of meaningful keypoints; however, it can happen that some of the sky keypoints extracted ar... > **[How to Annotate Images in the rayCloud](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202560549-How-to-Annotate-Images-in-the-rayCloud)** > > Image Annotation can be used to remove an object that appears in some images, the sky for oblique images, a constant object that appears in all images or the background of the Orthoplane.  > >   > Warni... Cheers, Daniele