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I have a PCB, and it can't nearly fit all of the REF markings on F.SilkS and B.SilkS. I want to just make my own for a few components, e.g. I would write "R1-R16", rather than "R1", "R2", etc.
Is it possible to mass-delete these REFs on the silkscreen layers, and add my own?
Since current versions of KiCAD lack of bulk edit tools in the PCB editor, I wrote a Python script that automatically hides ALL reference designators. Then I manually activate only those I need.
This script is really doing it as it should be done, i.e. unchecking the Show for the Reference designator field individually in each component (I see that other answers are just hiding them to show up in the editor, but not actually disabling them):
Edit for KiCad v6+
You can bulk-edit text items
Then change the properties you like
Original Answer for KiCad v5
The easiest way to achieve this would be to disable the references and add your own board text on the silkscreen.
You disable reference display here
And you will also need to disable the plotting of references here
