How to Delete/ Remove something outside the artboard in Adobe Illustrator

Optimizing your workflow in Adobe Illustrator can be frustrating

if you don't have a design process. These are "Mastering Keyboard Shortcuts",

"A custom working layout", and lastly, a prepared design assets such as images,

fonts, etc.

Another thing that might help you is to speed up your work process

by deleting all clutter outside your art board, so you can check your designs

properly.

Check first to see the clutter outside your art board
by pressing ctrl/ command + "Y".
Then, go to "Window" menu, go to Pathfinder,
a Pathfinder panel will open.
Next, Select the object, and go to "Object" menu,
then Flatten Transparency. And hit Ok.
Copy the background shape, or make a shape and make
a size same as the artboard, click the object above,
and paste it on top by pressing ctrl/ command + shift +"V".
Next, select the shape and the object below,
and press ctrl/ command + "7", to form a mask.
Now, Go to Pathfinder panel, and click "Divide".
Check again to make sure that the clutter outside your art board
is already gone by pressing ctrl/ command + "Y".

Check the full video Tutorial

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