You usually don’t need to know “old” by age. In this case, “old traces” means any routed copper trace that is currently causing errors after we resized/replaced the board.
Easiest way to identify them:
- Open the Review / Issues panel.
- Look for these issue types:
- Dangling Traces
- Floating Copper
- Overlapping Copper
- Airwires
- Click one issue, for example
Trace 147b or Trace 321b.
- Flux should highlight that trace on the PCB.
- That highlighted trace is one of the problem traces to unlock/delete.
- Repeat for each listed trace issue.
Do not delete:
- component footprints
- pads
- board outline
- schematic parts
- net labels
Do delete/unlock:
- highlighted copper routes/traces/vias associated with those review errors.
A shortcut: if there’s an option like delete all routing, rip up traces, or clear routed copper, use that. That is safer than trying to identify individual old traces one by one, because the schematic connections remain intact and the board will simply show airwires again for rerouting.