# Adding and removing measures
## Inserting measures
MuseScore allows you to insert or delete measures in the score using a variety of methods. Measures can be inserted:
* After a selection
* Before a selection
* At the start of the score
* At the end of the score
### Measure context menu
To insert one or more measures:
1. Right-click on a blank area of a measure
2. From the context menu, choose **Insert measures**
3. From the options presented, choose the location where you want the measure(s) inserted
4. Complete the dialog box and press **OK**.
### The Properties panel
To insert one or more measures:
1. Click on a measure
2. Go to the **Properties** panel
3. Click **Insert measures** in the **Measure** section
4. Type the number of measures you wish to insert (or leave it as “1” to insert a single measure)
5. Select where you want the measure(s) to be inserted from the dropdown menu (or leave it as is to insert the new measure(s) after the selection point)
6. Click the **+** button
This popup remains open until you click another part of the user interface. As such, you can continue pressing the **+** button as many times as you need to insert further measures.
In addition, you can insert measures from one of two menus:
### Note input toolbar
1. Select something in your score (can be anything except line objects)
2. Click the **+** button in the **Note input** toolbar
3. Navigate to **Measures**
4. Choose where you want the new measure(s) to be inserted
### Menu bar
1. Select something in your score (can be anything except line objects)
2. Click the **Add** in the **Menu bar**
3. Navigate to **Measures**
4. Choose where you want the new measure(s) to be inserted
### Inserting measures with keyboard shortcuts
To quickly insert *one measure* before the selection point:
1. Select something in your score (can be anything except line objects)
2. Press Ins
Insert more measures before the selection point by repeatedly pressing Ins.
To quickly insert *multiple measures* before the selection point:
1. Select something in your score (can be anything except line objects)
2. Press Ctrl+Ins (Mac: Cmd+Ins)
3. Type the number of required measures in the dialog that appears
4. Click **OK**
To append to the end of your score, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+B (Mac: Cmd+B) for a single measure, or Alt+Shift+B (Mac: Option+Shift+B) for multiple measures.
## Deleting measures
To delete one or more measures using keyboard shortcuts:
1. Select a measure (or hold Shift and select multiple measures)
2. Type Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Del (Mac: Cmd+Backspace or Cmd+Del).
Alternatively,
1. Select a measure (or hold Shift and select multiple measures)
2. Right-click on any measure within the selection
3. Select **Delete measures**
You can also:
1. Select a measure (or hold Shift and select multiple measures)
2. Go to **Tools**
3. Select **Remove selected range**
### Remove empty trailing measures
To remove any empty measures at the end of your score:
1. Go to **Tools**
2. Select **Remove empty trailing measures**
## See also
Other measure-related pages:
* [Measure numbering](/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-numbering.md)
* [Measure and multimeasure rests](/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-and-multimeasure-rests.md)
* [Pickup and non-metered measures](/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/pickup-and-non-metered-measures.md)
* [Measure properties](/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/measure-properties.md)
* [Mensural notation and Mensurstrich](/alternative-notation/mensural-notation-and-mensurstrich.md)
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