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Edit Mode

The Blender mode for editing a mesh's vertices, edges, and faces.

Edit Mode is where actual modeling happens: you select and manipulate the components of a mesh (vertices, edges, and faces) rather than the object as a whole. The shortcut to switch between Object Mode and Edit Mode is Tab. The process of manipulating components in Edit Mode is called modeling.

Related: Object Mode · Mesh · Modeling

These fundamentals are covered hands-on in Blender Geometry Essentials 01, free with a free account.