How to remove quotes surrounding the first two columns in Vim?

Question

Say I have the following style of lines in a text file:

\"12\" \"34\" \"some text     \"
\"56\" \"78\" \"some more text\"
.
.
.
etc.

I want

Answer 1

use visual block commands:

• start mode with Ctrl-v
• specify a motion, e.g. G (to the end of the file), or use up / down keys
• for the selected block specify an action, e.g. 'd' for delete

For more see :h visual-mode