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In QGIS 3.20 on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit I have used the menu sequence Vector/Geometry Tools/Polygons to lines to create a new line layer from a polygon layer which contains several polygons.

However I notice that the attribute table for the new line layer seems to have only a single feature for each of the former polygons, and when I try to select a single line on the canvas, I get all the lines from the original polygon. So I cannot delete just one side of the original polygon which was the reason I did the conversion. What more must I do?

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  • Try Multipart to singlepart processing tool – BERA Nov 04 '21 at 06:24
  • Ran the Multipart to Singlepart but still only one feature in the attribute table for each former polygon. Selection gets the whole polygon still. – Bill C Nov 04 '21 at 09:58

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IMHO just one extra step left, which is described in Splitting all lines in layer at vertices using QGIS.

As was mentioned by @BERA the application of "Multipart to singleparts" can also bring its benefits (if original polygon features are multi-part).

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