I use "deselect" in my technical manuals to indicate that the user should select something else or nothing at all.
Example
On the desktop of many operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac...) you can select an item with a single click and you deselect by clicking where there is no item (an 'empty' part of the desktop.
deselect, not select, not choosing, etc
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ctrl+D
Click outside of image area.
The opposite of the word to chose is to deny, fire, refuse or reject. For example, you can chose someone for a job but the opposite would be to deny them for a job.
To deselect your current selection in Photoshop, go to "Select", then from the drop-down box choose "Deselect". A shortcut for this on a computer with Windows is to press Control+D, or Command+D on a Mac. If you want to choose a different layer, simply click on a different layer in the layers menu, or click on empty space to deselect all layers.
deselect, not select, not choosing, etc
To deselect text, simply click anywhere outside the selected area or press the Esc key on your keyboard. If you're using a touch device, tapping a blank space can also deselect the text. In some applications, you can also click and drag the cursor away from the selected text.
Most of the time, you can right-click over the area where the toolbars are located and deselect the ones you don't want. Or you can go to "View"-->"Toolbars" and then deselect from there.
To deselect an item on the screen, you can usually click on an empty area of the workspace or canvas, which removes the selection from the currently highlighted item. Alternatively, holding down the Ctrl key (or Command key on Mac) while clicking on the selected item can also deselect it. In some applications, right-clicking on the selected item and choosing a "Deselect" option may work as well.
Go to msconfig in the run command and deselect it
Go to "Configure this place" in the my places options, and deselect "Copylocked"
Command key+D Or go to Image, and hit deselect.
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