diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
index 08f765c83..41276c232 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ fn cut(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let ids = selected_roots(s)?;
     copy(s, p)?;
     // The selected ruler guides it copied go with the objects, in the same undo step (#3226).
-    if s.doc()?.selection.anchors.is_empty() { clear(s, &json!({ "ids": ids, "guides": true })) } else { clear(s, &json!({})) }
+    if s.doc()?.selection.anchors.is_empty() { clear(s, &json!({ "ids": ids, "guides": true })) } else { clear(s, &json!({ "guides": true })) }
 }
 
 fn clear(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/path.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/path.rs
index f1bc3e501..2def5ce9e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/path.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/path.rs
@@ -1189,7 +1189,9 @@ fn convert_anchors(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     ok()
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn delete_anchors(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+pub(crate) fn delete_anchors(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    // `guides: true` (Cut, #3226): the selected ruler guides go in the same undo step.
+    let with_guides = p.get("guides").and_then(Value::as_bool).unwrap_or(false);
     let st = s.doc()?;
     let sel = st.selection.anchors.clone();
     let segments = st.selection.segments.clone();
@@ -1197,6 +1199,10 @@ pub(crate) fn delete_anchors(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     // also catches part of another path must still delete those whole objects.
     let whole = st.selection.whole();
     s.edit("Clear", |d, selection| {
+        if with_guides {
+            let gone = selection.guides.clone();
+            d.retain_guides(selection, |i, _| !gone.contains(&i));
+        }
         let targets: BTreeSet<NodeId> = whole.into_iter().filter(|id| d.node(*id).is_some_and(|n| !n.is_layer())).collect();
         let whole_ids: Vec<NodeId> = targets
             .iter()
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/guide_clipboard.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/guide_clipboard.rs
index ca1f9fd79..d71c1dd42 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/guide_clipboard.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/guide_clipboard.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ fn guides_paste_in_place_onto_another_artboard_and_cut_removes_them() {
     assert!(s.doc().unwrap().doc.node(NodeId(rect)).is_none());
     assert_eq!(guides(&s).len(), before - 1, "the selected guide goes too");
     assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
+    // Cut with direct-selected anchors and a guide: the anchors and the guide go, one undo step.
+    let path = run(&mut s, "shape.rectangle", json!({"x": 40, "y": 40, "width": 20, "height": 20}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    run(&mut s, "guide.add", json!({"vertical": false, "pos": 90}));
+    let n = guides(&s).len();
+    run(&mut s, "select.anchors", json!({"id": path, "anchors": [[0, 0]], "mode": "set"}));
+    run(&mut s, "guide.select", json!({"indexes": [n - 1], "toggle": true}));
+    let undo = s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    run(&mut s, "edit.cut", json!({}));
+    assert_eq!(guides(&s).len(), n - 1, "the guide goes with the anchors");
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
     // Nothing selected: Copy is off.
     run(&mut s, "select.none", json!({}));
     assert!(s.execute("edit.copy", &json!({})).is_err());