# Removing the Topic Mapping for a Selected Control

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To remove the topic mapping for a selected control, use the following steps:

1.  Activate **authoring mode** using the method specified by the software developer. The authoring mode panel appears.
2.  Click the **Select Control** button ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/3b487bec-9ad4-47e0-ad8d-39717dc3c4e1/imagesext/image12_5.png)and select the control that you would like to remove the topic mapping from. The control name appears in the **Control** field of the authoring mode panel, so you can make sure the correct control has been selected.
3.  Click the **Detach Topic from Control** button ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/3b487bec-9ad4-47e0-ad8d-39717dc3c4e1/imagesext/image12_8.png). The topic mapping is removed. Notice there is no longer a topic specified in the **Topic** field.
4.  Click the **Save** button ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/3b487bec-9ad4-47e0-ad8d-39717dc3c4e1/imagesext/image12_7.png).
5.  Close the mapping window and deliver the proper Help and **.xml** mapping file to the software developer.