What are the best ways to get back to the shape you started with.

 From:  Phiro
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A simple way is :

select your object.
Edit/separate
Select the useless surfaces and delete them.
Select the main surface
Select all edges you want delete
Delete them....
The holes disapears !

And you have your original surface.

Don't forget to select and join the surfaces to have original object.