diff --git a/internal/web/static/new.js b/internal/web/static/new.js
index 16bbd47..6e81f19 100644
--- a/internal/web/static/new.js
+++ b/internal/web/static/new.js
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ $('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();
   // #38: file attached -> file paste (1 file = 1 paste; text is ignored)
   if (attachedFile) return createFilePaste();
 
@@ -330,61 +328,6 @@ async function createFilePaste() {
   finishCreate(data);
 }
 
-// #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;