diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/anchors.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/anchors.rs
index 25a403cfb..df55e5207 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/anchors.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/anchors.rs
@@ -109,13 +109,14 @@ pub(super) fn remove_anchor(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let id = id_param(p, "id").ok_or_else(|| bad(C, "missing id"))?;
     let si = usize_opt(p, "subpath", C)?.unwrap_or(0);
     let ai = usize_req(p, "anchor", C)?;
+    let curvature = switch_or(p, "curvature", false, C)?;
     let removed = s.edit("Delete Anchor Point", |d, sel| {
         let sp = path_mut(d, id)?.subpaths.get(si).ok_or_else(|| EngineError::Other("no such subpath".into()))?;
         if ai >= sp.anchors.len() {
             return Err(EngineError::Other("no such anchor".into()));
         }
         let mut emptied = Beside::replacing(d, &[id]);
-        let removed = remove_anchors_of(d, sel, &mut emptied, id, [(si, ai)])?;
+        let removed = remove_anchors_of(d, sel, &mut emptied, id, [(si, ai)], curvature)?;
         emptied.finish(d)?;
         Ok(removed)
     })?;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ pub(super) fn remove_anchors(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
             let shape: Vec<(usize, bool)> =
                 d.node(id).and_then(Node::path_data).map(|p| p.subpaths.iter().map(|sp| (sp.anchors.len(), sp.closed)).collect()).unwrap_or_default();
             let next = following_anchors(&shape, &anchors);
-            if remove_anchors_of(d, sel, &mut emptied, id, anchors)? {
+            if remove_anchors_of(d, sel, &mut emptied, id, anchors, false)? {
                 removed += 1;
             } else if !next.is_empty() {
                 // The next anchor along is selected, so the next Remove Anchor Points goes on from
@@ -180,14 +181,16 @@ fn following_anchors(shape: &[(usize, bool)], removed: &[(usize, usize)]) -> BTr
 }
 
 /// Remove `anchors` (subpath, anchor) of path `id` without opening it, refitting the curve round
-/// each one. A subpath left with one anchor is removed, and a path left with no subpath is removed
-/// through `emptied`. True when the path went.
+/// each one, or with `curvature` re-curving it as the Curvature tool curves its points
+/// ([`vectorcraft_tools::draw2::curvature_remove`]). A subpath left with one anchor is removed,
+/// and a path left with no subpath is removed through `emptied`. True when the path went.
 fn remove_anchors_of(
     d: &mut Document,
     sel: &mut Selection,
     emptied: &mut Beside,
     id: NodeId,
     anchors: impl IntoIterator<Item = (usize, usize)>,
+    curvature: bool,
 ) -> Result<bool> {
     let mut anchors: Vec<(usize, usize)> = anchors.into_iter().collect();
     // The last first, so the indexes still to come stay valid.
@@ -196,7 +199,11 @@ fn remove_anchors_of(
     let path = path_mut(d, id)?;
     for (si, ai) in anchors {
         if let Some(sp) = path.subpaths.get_mut(si) {
-            po::remove_anchor(sp, ai);
+            if curvature {
+                vectorcraft_tools::draw2::curvature_remove(sp, ai);
+            } else {
+                po::remove_anchor(sp, ai);
+            }
         }
     }
     path.subpaths.retain(|sp| sp.anchors.len() >= 2);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/commands.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/commands.rs
index 95959f35f..d5cac636d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/draw2/commands.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Delete Anchor Point",
             [],
             None,
-            "{id, subpath?, anchor} remove one anchor, re-fitting the curve",
+            "{id, subpath?, anchor, curvature?} remove one anchor, re-fitting the curve (with curvature: true, the curve where it was follows the remaining anchors, as the Curvature tool curves its points)",
             has_doc,
             remove_anchor
         ),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/draw2.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/draw2.rs
index d40aaff8b..cc59680ff 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/draw2.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/draw2.rs
@@ -597,6 +597,40 @@ fn curvature_click_first_point_closes() {
     assert_eq!(p.anchor_count(), 3);
 }
 
+/// Delete on a point of a finished Curvature path re-curves the rest through the remaining points,
+/// as if they had been drawn without it, in one undo step.
+#[test]
+fn curvature_delete_curves_through_the_remaining_points() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let v = view();
+    s.select_tool("curvature", v).unwrap();
+    let pts = [(100.0, 300.0), (200.0, 200.0), (300.0, 320.0), (400.0, 220.0), (500.0, 300.0)];
+    for (x, y) in pts {
+        gesture(&mut s, &[(x, y)], Mods::default());
+    }
+    s.tool_key(ToolKey::Escape, Mods::default(), v).unwrap();
+    let id = paths(&s)[0].0;
+    let before = path(&s, id).subpaths[0].clone();
+    let remaining = |gone: usize| -> Vec<(Point, bool)> {
+        pts.iter().enumerate().filter(|&(i, _)| i != gone).map(|(_, &(x, y))| (Point::new(x, y), false)).collect()
+    };
+    for (gone, &(x, y)) in pts.iter().enumerate() {
+        s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [id.0]})).unwrap();
+        let steps = undo_steps(&s);
+        gesture(&mut s, &[(x, y)], Mods::default());
+        s.tool_key(ToolKey::Delete, Mods::default(), v).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(undo_steps(&s), steps + 1, "one step");
+        let want = vectorcraft_tools::draw2::curvature_spline(&remaining(gone), false);
+        let got = path(&s, id).subpaths[0].clone();
+        assert_eq!(got.anchors.len(), want.anchors.len());
+        for (a, b) in got.anchors.iter().zip(&want.anchors) {
+            assert!(a.p.distance(b.p) < 1e-9 && a.h_in.distance(b.h_in) < 1e-6 && a.h_out.distance(b.h_out) < 1e-6, "point {gone}: {a:?} != {b:?}");
+        }
+        s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(path(&s, id).subpaths[0], before);
+    }
+}
+
 /// The Curvature tool edits a path another tool drew (#798), one undo step per edit, keeping its
 /// shape except where edited.
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2.rs
index 22f961c0e..c8537bd75 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ use vectorcraft_pathops::{Cap, Join};
 use crate::{Action, Tool, ToolContext};
 
 pub use anchor::AnchorTool;
-pub use curvature::{CurvatureTool, EndCurve, curvature_close, curvature_extend, curvature_insert, curvature_move, curvature_smooth};
+pub use curvature::{
+    CurvatureTool, EndCurve, curvature_close, curvature_extend, curvature_insert, curvature_move, curvature_remove, curvature_smooth,
+};
 pub use family::FamilyTool;
 pub use gesture::GestureTool;
 
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature.rs
index 63d4d7e35..8301c108c 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 //! It edits any selected path too, whatever drew it, keeping its shape except where edited
 //! (#798). A click on one of its points makes that the current point (direct-selected); a drag
 //! moves it, re-curving only the two segments at it ([`curvature_move`]); Alt-click or
-//! double-click toggles it between smooth and corner and Backspace/Delete removes it. A click on
+//! double-click toggles it between smooth and corner and Backspace/Delete removes it, the curve
+//! where it was then following the remaining points ([`curvature_remove`]). A click on
 //! a segment adds a smooth point there without changing the shape ([`curvature_insert`]), and a
 //! drag moves the new point at once. While the current point is an end of an open path, clicks go
 //! on from it ([`curvature_extend`]): the old segments keep their shape, the new ones curve
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use vectorcraft_doc::{NodeId, Selection};
 use vectorcraft_geom::{Anchor, AnchorKind, BezPath, Point, SubPath, Vec2};
 
-use super::{FEEDBACK, anchor_in, curvature_spline, editable_paths, end_handle, remove_anchor, segment_in, smooth_handles};
+use super::{FEEDBACK, anchor_in, curvature_spline, editable_paths, end_handle, segment_in, smooth_handles};
 use crate::guides::{DrawSnap, Leave, Targets};
 use crate::{Action, Cursor, Mods, Overlay, PointerEvent, PointerKind, Tool, ToolContext, ToolKey};
 
@@ -212,6 +213,106 @@ pub fn curvature_smooth(sp: &mut SubPath, i: usize) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+/// Remove anchor `i` of `sp` as the Curvature tool deletes a point: the curve where it was follows
+/// the remaining points. Each neighbor that curves by the tool's rule (a smooth anchor, or an end
+/// of an open path with a handle into its segment) takes new handles from its new neighbors
+/// ([`smooth_handles`]; at an end, the one [`end_handle`] into the curve), and so does an end beyond
+/// one of them whose handle mirrors its tangent. A corner neighbor keeps its handles' directions,
+/// the one on the new segment scaled with its chord, as [`curvature_move`] scales them. With two
+/// anchors left the subpath is open, and those that curve by the tool's rule lose their handles, as
+/// [`curvature_spline`] draws two points as a line; a corner keeps its handles. On a path the tool
+/// drew, the result is the path it draws through the remaining points, except that an Alt-clicked
+/// end beside a corner without handles curves (the path stores it like any end there). False, and
+/// `sp` unchanged, when there is no anchor `i`.
+pub fn curvature_remove(sp: &mut SubPath, i: usize) -> bool {
+    let n = sp.anchors.len();
+    let Some(a) = sp.anchors.get(i).copied() else { return false };
+    let closed = sp.closed;
+    let is_end = |j: usize| !closed && (j == 0 || j + 1 == n);
+    // An end without a handle beside a corner without handles is stored the same whether it was
+    // Alt-clicked or not ([`curvature_spline`] gives it no handle either way), so it curves, as an
+    // end the tool places does by default. Beside a tangent, a missing handle means a corner.
+    let flags: Vec<bool> = sp
+        .anchors
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(j, b)| {
+            if !is_end(j) {
+                return b.kind == AnchorKind::Smooth;
+            }
+            let near = sp.anchors.get(if j == 0 { 1 } else { n.saturating_sub(2) });
+            b.has_in() || b.has_out() || near.is_none_or(|q| end_handle(b.p, q, j == 0).is_none())
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let curved = |j: usize| flags.get(j).copied().unwrap_or(false);
+    let [prev, next] = neighbours(sp, i);
+    // A corner on both sides of the removed point: its handle on the new segment scales with it.
+    if let (Some(pi), Some(ni)) = (prev, next)
+        && pi != ni
+    {
+        for (j, other, out) in [(pi, ni, true), (ni, pi, false)] {
+            let to = sp.anchors.get(other).map(|o| o.p);
+            if curved(j) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let Some((b, to)) = sp.anchors.get_mut(j).zip(to) else { continue };
+            let old = b.p.distance(a.p);
+            let s = if old > 1e-9 { b.p.distance(to) / old } else { 1.0 };
+            let h = if out { &mut b.h_out } else { &mut b.h_in };
+            *h = b.p + (*h - b.p) * s;
+        }
+    }
+    let mut again: Vec<usize> = [prev, next].into_iter().flatten().filter(|&j| curved(j)).collect();
+    // An end beside a smooth neighbor mirrors that neighbor's tangent, which changes.
+    for j in again.clone() {
+        if !is_end(j) {
+            again.extend(neighbours(sp, j).into_iter().flatten().filter(|&k| k != i && is_end(k) && curved(k)));
+        }
+    }
+    sp.anchors.remove(i);
+    let mut again: Vec<usize> = again.into_iter().map(|j| if j > i { j - 1 } else { j }).collect();
+    again.sort_unstable();
+    again.dedup();
+    let m = sp.anchors.len();
+    if m < 3 {
+        sp.closed = false;
+    }
+    if !sp.closed {
+        // A new end has nothing beyond it.
+        if let Some(e) = sp.anchors.first_mut() {
+            e.h_in = e.p;
+        }
+        if let Some(e) = sp.anchors.last_mut() {
+            e.h_out = e.p;
+        }
+    }
+    let end = |j: usize| !sp.closed && (j == 0 || j + 1 == m);
+    let (ends, inner): (Vec<usize>, Vec<usize>) = again.into_iter().partition(|&j| end(j));
+    // The inner anchors first: an end's handle mirrors its neighbor's tangent.
+    for j in inner {
+        let [b, c] = neighbours(sp, j).map(|k| k.and_then(|k| sp.anchors.get(k)).map(|x| x.p));
+        let Some(x) = sp.anchors.get(j).map(|x| x.p) else { continue };
+        let fresh = match (b, c) {
+            (Some(b), Some(c)) => smooth_handles(b, x, c).map(|(h_in, h_out)| Anchor { p: x, h_in, h_out, kind: AnchorKind::Smooth }),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        if let Some(y) = sp.anchors.get_mut(j) {
+            *y = fresh.unwrap_or_else(|| Anchor::corner(x));
+        }
+    }
+    for j in ends {
+        let first = j == 0;
+        let near = if first { sp.anchors.get(1) } else { j.checked_sub(1).and_then(|k| sp.anchors.get(k)) }.copied();
+        let Some(x) = sp.anchors.get(j).map(|x| x.p) else { continue };
+        // Two points are a line.
+        let h = near.filter(|_| m >= 3).and_then(|q| end_handle(x, &q, first)).unwrap_or(x);
+        if let Some(y) = sp.anchors.get_mut(j) {
+            *y = if first { Anchor { h_out: h, ..Anchor::corner(x) } } else { Anchor { h_in: h, ..Anchor::corner(x) } };
+        }
+    }
+    true
+}
+
 /// Go on from an end of the open subpath `sp` (its start with `start`) to a new end at `p`; the old
 /// end bends into the new segment as `how` says. The new end has no handle on the outer side and,
 /// unless it is a `corner` (Alt-clicked), the one [`end_handle`] into the curve, so its segment
@@ -313,6 +414,12 @@ fn select_point((id, si, ai): (NodeId, usize, usize)) -> Action {
     Action::Exec("select.anchors".into(), json!({"id": id.0, "anchors": [[si, ai]], "mode": "set"}))
 }
 
+/// Delete anchor `(id, si, ai)` of a selected path, the curve where it was following the remaining
+/// points ([`curvature_remove`]).
+fn delete_point((id, si, ai): (NodeId, usize, usize)) -> Action {
+    Action::Exec("path.removeAnchor".into(), json!({"id": id.0, "subpath": si, "anchor": ai, "curvature": true}))
+}
+
 /// Toggle anchor `(id, si, ai)` of a selected path between smooth and corner. An end of an open
 /// path counts as smooth while it has a handle into its segment (the ends the tool curves are
 /// corners with one handle).
@@ -560,7 +667,7 @@ impl Tool for CurvatureTool {
             }
             ToolKey::Backspace | ToolKey::Delete if self.claims_key(cx, key) => {
                 if self.active(cx).is_none() {
-                    return current_point(cx).map(remove_anchor).into_iter().collect();
+                    return current_point(cx).map(delete_point).into_iter().collect();
                 }
                 let i = self.current.unwrap_or(self.pts.len() - 1).min(self.pts.len() - 1);
                 self.pts.remove(i);
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature/tests.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature/tests.rs
index 10dc9d031..412292ef9 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2/curvature/tests.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,62 @@ fn curvature_smooth_uses_the_tool_rule() {
     assert_eq!(fold, before);
 }
 
+/// Removing a point of a path the tool drew leaves the path it draws through the remaining points,
+/// open or closed, and two points left are a straight line.
+#[test]
+fn curvature_remove_curves_through_the_remaining_points() {
+    let at = |corners: &[usize]| -> Vec<(Point, bool)> {
+        [(0.0, 0.0), (100.0, -80.0), (220.0, 30.0), (300.0, -60.0), (420.0, 10.0), (500.0, -40.0)]
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(j, &(x, y))| (pt(x, y), corners.contains(&j)))
+            .collect()
+    };
+    // A corner in the middle, and corners next to both ends (the ends then have no handle).
+    for pts in [at(&[2]), at(&[1, 4]), at(&[])] {
+        for closed in [false, true] {
+            for i in 0..pts.len() {
+                let mut sp = curvature_spline(&pts, closed);
+                assert!(curvature_remove(&mut sp, i));
+                let rest: Vec<(Point, bool)> = pts.iter().enumerate().filter(|&(j, _)| j != i).map(|(_, &q)| q).collect();
+                let want = curvature_spline(&rest, closed);
+                assert_eq!(sp.closed, want.closed);
+                for (a, b) in sp.anchors.iter().zip(&want.anchors) {
+                    assert!(a.h_in.distance(b.h_in) < 1e-6 && a.h_out.distance(b.h_out) < 1e-6, "{pts:?} closed {closed}, point {i}: {a:?} != {b:?}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let pts = at(&[2]);
+    for closed in [false, true] {
+        let mut sp = curvature_spline(&pts[..3], closed);
+        assert!(curvature_remove(&mut sp, 1));
+        assert!(!sp.closed && sp.segment_is_line(0), "two points are a line: {sp:?}");
+    }
+    let mut sp = curvature_spline(&pts, false);
+    let before = sp.clone();
+    assert!(!curvature_remove(&mut sp, 9));
+    assert_eq!(sp, before);
+}
+
+/// A corner neighbor with handles keeps their directions; its handle on the new segment scales
+/// with the segment's chord.
+#[test]
+fn curvature_remove_keeps_a_corner_neighbors_handle_direction() {
+    let corner = Anchor { p: pt(100.0, 0.0), h_in: pt(80.0, -20.0), h_out: pt(120.0, -30.0), kind: AnchorKind::Corner };
+    let mut sp = SubPath::new(vec![Anchor::corner(pt(0.0, 0.0)), corner, Anchor::corner(pt(200.0, 0.0)), Anchor::corner(pt(300.0, 0.0))], false);
+    assert!(curvature_remove(&mut sp, 2));
+    let c = sp.anchors[1];
+    assert_eq!(c.h_in, corner.h_in);
+    let (old, new) = (corner.h_out - corner.p, c.h_out - c.p);
+    assert!(old.cross(new).abs() < 1e-9 && old.dot(new) > 0.0, "{c:?}");
+    assert!((new.hypot() / old.hypot() - 2.0).abs() < 1e-9, "the chord doubled: {c:?}");
+    // Two anchors left: the corner keeps its handle on the segment that stays.
+    let mut sp = SubPath::new(vec![Anchor::corner(pt(0.0, 0.0)), corner, Anchor::corner(pt(200.0, 0.0))], false);
+    assert!(curvature_remove(&mut sp, 2));
+    assert_eq!((sp.anchors[1].h_in, sp.anchors[1].h_out), (corner.h_in, corner.p));
+}
+
 /// A curved end counts as smooth for the toggle: Alt-click turns it into a corner.
 #[test]
 fn alt_click_on_a_curved_end_makes_it_a_corner() {
@@ -345,7 +401,7 @@ fn alt_click_or_double_click_toggles_and_delete_removes() {
     let s = selected(id, Some(2));
     let cx = quiet(&d, &s, &p);
     assert!(t.claims_key(&cx, ToolKey::Backspace));
-    assert_eq!(t.key(&cx, ToolKey::Delete, Mods::default()), vec![remove_anchor((id, 0, 2))]);
+    assert_eq!(t.key(&cx, ToolKey::Delete, Mods::default()), vec![delete_point((id, 0, 2))]);
     // Esc lets go of the point.
     assert_eq!(t.key(&cx, ToolKey::Escape, Mods::default()), vec![Action::Exec("select.set".into(), json!({"ids": [id.0]}))]);
 }