diff --git a/internal/web/templates/new.html b/internal/web/templates/new.html
index 529168b..111de35 100644
--- a/internal/web/templates/new.html
+++ b/internal/web/templates/new.html
@@ -66,16 +66,6 @@
     <div class="float side-section">
       <h3>Custom URL</h3>
       <input type="text" id="custom" class="custom-input" placeholder="/my-snippet">
-      <div class="hint" style="margin-top:6px; font-size:19px;">Stays reserved while the paste exists</div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="float side-section">
-      <h3>Can contents</h3>
-      <label class="toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="iscan"> Bundle as a can (multiple text items)</label>
-      <div class="pw-row" id="canrow" style="display:none">
-        <div id="can-items"></div>
-        <button class="btn btn-icon" id="can-add" type="button" title="Add item" style="margin-top:6px">+ Add item</button>
-        <div class="hint" style="margin-top:6px; font-size:19px;">Each item gets its own card on the can page. File uploads in cans come later.</div>
-      </div>
     </div>
     <div class="float side-section" id="result-card" style="display:none">
       <h3>Result</h3>
@@ -154,21 +144,6 @@ $('pwreveal').addEventListener('click', () => {
   $('pwreveal').title = show ? 'Hide password' : 'Show password';
 });
 
-// #4: can builder — multiple text items bundled into one shareable page.
-// The main editor becomes the first item; extra items are added below.
-$('iscan').addEventListener('change', e => {
-  $('canrow').style.display = e.target.checked ? 'block' : 'none';
-  if (e.target.checked && !$('can-items').children.length) addCanItem();
-});
-function addCanItem() {
-  const row = document.createElement('div');
-  row.className = 'can-item-row';
-  row.innerHTML = '<input class="can-item-title" placeholder="Item title">' +
-    '<textarea class="can-item-content" placeholder="Item content" rows="3" spellcheck="false"></textarea>';
-  $('can-items').appendChild(row);
-}
-$('can-add').addEventListener('click', addCanItem);
-
 let guessed = ''; // last auto-detected language, '' = user override
 
 // #105: map backend machine-readable error codes to plain-language guidance.
@@ -248,8 +223,6 @@ $('reguess').addEventListener('click', guessLang);
 content.addEventListener('paste', () => setTimeout(guessLang, 0));
 
 async function create() {
-  // #4: can mode — bundle the editor + extra items into a can via multipart
-  if ($('iscan').checked) return createCan();
 
   const body = {
     content: content.value,
@@ -307,61 +280,6 @@ async function create() {
 }
 $('create').addEventListener('click', create);
 
-// #4: can creation — POST multipart to /api/pastes/can. The main editor is
-// the first item; each extra can-item row is another text item.
-async function createCan() {
-  const items = [];
-  if (content.value.trim()) {
-    items.push({title: $('title').value || 'main', content: content.value, language: $('language').value || ''});
-  }
-  document.querySelectorAll('#can-items .can-item-row').forEach(row => {
-    const t = row.querySelector('.can-item-title').value.trim();
-    const c = row.querySelector('.can-item-content').value;
-    if (c.trim()) items.push({title: t || ('item-' + (items.length + 1)), content: c});
-  });
-  if (!items.length) { toast('Nothing to put in the can', 'error'); return; }
-
-  const fd = new FormData();
-  fd.append('title', $('title').value || 'Untitled can');
-  fd.append('json_items', JSON.stringify(items));
-  if ($('haspw').checked) fd.append('password', $('password').value);
-  if ($('unlisted').checked) fd.append('visibility', 'unlisted');
-  const exp = document.querySelector('input[name="exp"]:checked').value;
-  if (exp === 'custom') {
-    const dur = composeCustomExpiry();
-    if (dur === null) { toast('Check the custom expiry', 'error'); return; }
-    if (dur) fd.append('expires_in', dur);
-  } else if (exp) {
-    fd.append('expires_in', exp);
-  }
-  if ($('custom').value.trim()) fd.append('custom_slug', $('custom').value.trim());
-
-  const res = await fetch('/api/pastes/can', {method: 'POST', body: fd});
-  const data = await res.json();
-  if (!res.ok) {
-    showResult(friendlyError(data), 'err');
-    toast('Can create failed', 'error');
-    return;
-  }
-  const url = location.origin + data.url;
-  showResult('<a href="' + url + '">' + url + '</a> <button class="btn btn-icon" id="result-copy" title="Copy URL" type="button">⧉</button>', 'ok');
-  const copyBtn = document.getElementById('result-copy');
-  copyBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    try {
-      navigator.clipboard.writeText(url);
-      copyBtn.classList.add('ok');
-      copyBtn.textContent = 'Success!';
-      setTimeout(() => { copyBtn.classList.remove('ok'); copyBtn.textContent = '⧉'; }, 2000);
-    } catch(e) { toast('Copy failed', 'error'); }
-  });
-  // password-protected can: unlock now with the password we already have (#26 parity)
-  if ($('haspw').checked && data.id) {
-    const pd = new FormData();
-    pd.append('password', $('password').value);
-    try { await fetch('/can/' + data.id, {method: 'POST', body: pd}); } catch(e) {}
-  }
-  location.href = data.url;
-}
 // reset stale result state when returning via Back (bfcache) (#28)
 window.addEventListener('pageshow', e => {
   if (!e.persisted) return;