How would I remove an item from a selection?

[Boldline]

Is there a way to remove a specific item from a collection of items selected?

In this example, I want to remove the inner circle that is encapsulated by the overall selection of objects, but nothing I do seems to remove it from the selection grouping.

I wondered if it was only when there was something being removed that was surrounded (#2 in image below) completed by other selected objects, but it also does not allow for easy deselect if the selected object is outside the selected grouping of objects (#1 in image below)

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline Send me that vstyler file by email. Is the circle to be removed is pointed by (1) ?

[Boldline]

@VectorStyler yes