Seeking QGIS 3.4 equivalent of MapInfo Erase Target tool?

Question

Is there a QGIS 3.4 equivalent of MapInfo's Erase target?

I'm editing a habitat map from aerial imagery, and adding in a lot of new features. I was doing this on MapInfo, so I was drawing a new polygon (e.g. around a pond), setting the target to the overlapping polygon (e.g. the field that the pond is in) and erasing the target by the selected feature (the pond I just drew). The tool is explained here

I now have had to swap to QGIS, so wondering if anyone can tell me which tool/plugin I can use to replicate this functionality?

Answer 1

There is a possibility without using plugins: Add the advanced digitizing toolbar to your GUI (see below), then set the layer to editing mode and use the add ring tool (fifth from the left) to punch a hole in the larger polygon.

Though not as comfortable as the plugin, with enabled tracing/snapping you can create the hole with four additional clicks.

Answer 2

Found the answer to my own question!

You need to use the Clipper plug-in as described here

Select the polygon you want to erase by and use the clipper tool. This then erased a hole in the overlapping polygon as per the polygon I selected.