Using ArcCatalog

Deleting an attribute
1. Click the shapefile or dBASE
table whose columns you
want to delete.
2. Click the File menu and click
Properties.
3. Click the Fields tab.
4. Position the mouse pointer
over the gray button to the
left of the column you want to
delete. The pointer’s icon
changes to an arrow.
5. Click the gray button to select
the column.
The column is selected and
its properties appear in the
Field Properties list below.
6. Press the Delete key on the
keyboard.
The selected attribute is
removed from the list of
columns.
7. Click OK.
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The attribute
no longer
appears in the
list of columns.
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