Type Not on a Path

If you have created text on a path with the Type on a Path tool (nested under the Type tool in the Toolbox), and then later on decide you don't want it on the path, there is no command called "Remove text from the path." You'll have to do this by selecting just the text with the Type tool (T) and pressing Command-X (PC: Control-X) to cut it. Switch to the Selection tool, delete the path, and then click-and-drag with the Type tool to create a text box, and press Command-V (PC: Control-V) to paste.