## delete_shapes() {#default}

Deletes all shapes from the text of this story.


```python
def delete_shapes(self):
    ...
```

### Examples

Shows how to remove all shapes from a node.

```python
doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
# Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a shape. This is an inline shape,
# which has a parent Paragraph, which is a child node of the first section's Body.
builder.insert_shape(shape_type=aw.drawing.ShapeType.CUBE, width=100, height=100)
self.assertEqual(1, doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.SHAPE, True).count)
# We can delete all shapes from the child paragraphs of this Body.
self.assertEqual(aw.StoryType.MAIN_TEXT, doc.first_section.body.story_type)
doc.first_section.body.delete_shapes()
self.assertEqual(0, doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.SHAPE, True).count)
```

### See Also

* module [aspose.words](../../)
* class [Story](../)