delete a template from My Templates

Tim

I don't understand why you need or want to do this.

Open and Save as Template puts it there, right clicking on it in the Chooser lets you delete it, one of the few improvements in Pages 5.5.3.

Peter

Hi Tim,

Installing Pages 5.x automatically puts your Pages '09 templates in the Pages 5 Template Chooser.

If you are having trouble going to Template Chooser, it may be that you have set Pages > Preferences > General > For New Documents > Use template

If you have those settings, New from Template Chooser is no longer in your File Menu.

Hold down the option key to see 'New' change to 'New from Template Chooser'.

Right click (or control click) on a custom template (in My Templates) to Rename or Delete.

Regards,

Ian.

Hi, Peter,

Yes, you are quite correct and I'm not having a problem with templates. As Ian says Pages '09 user templates are migrated when 5.5.3 is installed. And most of what one needs to do with them can be done in the chooser. But some people have more complex installations with files they may want to move or back up or whatever, who knows? It is good to know where these things are. Why make it difficult?

Others in the discussion seemed to be having trouble locating their templates and not being able to find them in the Library. I was simply offering guidance in finding them in what is a rather obscure location, especially as they don't reside in a normal folder.

Thanks for the response, 'though.

Tim

Then Save your templates to a normal folder.

Seems easier to me.

Peter

After trying several other versions this one took me right to the templates. Thanks!

Open Templates.

See one(s) you don't want?

Open it.

Go to File> Move To> Desktop

Drag the sucker into the Trash (or Old Templates Folder).

Bye Bye Template(s).

If you have Pages '9 and don't have Pages 5:

Open Templates.

See one(s) you don't want?

Open it.

Go to File> Move To> Desktop.

Drag the sucker into the Trash (or Old Templates Folder).

Bye Bye Template(s).

Thank you so much! It was driving me crazy. This was the only thing that helped.🙂

With Pages v5, you have rename and delete access to your custom templates via the template chooser, and a right-click. No need to go through the Library Containers nonsense.

In Pages '09, you navigate to your local Library ▸ Application Support ▸ iWork ▸ Pages ▸ Templates folder location. Now drag the My Templates folder left into the Favorites sidebar of an open Finder window. Until you release, it is a thin line that allows you to position this folder alias where you want it. Once in your Finder's Favorites sidebar, you have one button access to your custom, Pages '09 templates.

It may be almost 3 years later, but your instructions on deleting templates have saved my sanity!! Thanks ever so much 🙂

3.5 years later and this still helped me out.

The only difference was that I had to navigate to: Application Support, Microsoft, Office, User Templates, My Templates.

Thanks!