Clearing an object style

This baffles me that I have to go to a discussion forum to
find this answer - not in the help, and not obviously displayed
within the style palette.
I've drawn an object. I wanted to play around with styles.
Now I don't like the one I have, so I want to go all the way back
to my original drawn object. How do I simply remove any and all
styles that were applied to it?

MacYOmedia wrote:
> This baffles me that I have to go to a discussion forum
to find this answer -
> not in the help, and not obviously displayed within the
style palette.
>
> I've drawn an object. I wanted to play around with
styles. Now I don't like
> the one I have, so I want to go all the way back to my
original drawn object.
> How do I simply remove any and all styles that were
applied to it?
Drag out a rectangle with no fill or stroke. With the
rectangle path
selected, click on the menu expander icon at the top right of
the styles
panel and choose New Style from the menu. Use all the default
settings
and give it a name like Non Style. Click on OK to accept the
new style
and close the dialog box. Whenever you want to remove a style
from an
object, apply your non style.
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