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General (22)

Windows 11 - Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

Windows 11 - View the previous folder

Windows 11 - Go back to the settings home page

Opera - Go back

Opera - Delete selection (or character left of cursor)

Opera - Go to previous page in history

Mame - Bill 1 (for machines that have a bill receptor / note reader)

Audacity - Delete Key

rTorrent - Add torrent via URL or file path. Use Tab to do auto-complete. Wildcards can be used

Windows XP - Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

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ENB - KeyReadConfig=8 . Reload the configuration file and shaders (without having to restarting the game)

Firefox - Back

Windows Voice Recorder - Go back

Zsnes - Pause

Vivaldi - History back

Lynx 2.8.9 - Go to the History Page

Roll20 - Delete selected object(s)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Go to the previous page

Mapedit (Blood) - Delete last node while creating sector

Mapedit (Blood) - Delete numeric value in decimal steps

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Go back

Windows 10 Maps - Go back

Text editing (12)

Zathura 0.4.5 - Scroll up

Zathura 0.4.5 - Scroll up

Microsoft Word 2019 - Delete one character to the left

Microsoft OneNote - Delete one character to the left

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder

WinMerge - Open parent folder if possible (available only when subfolders are not included in compare)

Xodo - Delete selected annotation

Zim - Un indent selected text

CudaText 1.88.3 - Delete char left

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder

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Microsoft FrontPage - Move up one level.

Microsoft FrontPage - Delete one character to the left.

Imaging (71)

Krita 4.2.2 - Fill with background color

Krita 4.2.2 - Remove point

CorelDRAW 2020 - Delete

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Clear

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Remove Selected Effect

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Delete Custom Item

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Delete

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Clear Selection

Blender 3.4.1 - Reset to default value

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

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Blender 3.4.1 - Remove gaps

Blender 3.4.1 - Previous file

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

Blender 3.4.1 - Cancel

Node Wrangler 3.36 - Revert node back to default state, but keep connections

Paint.NET - Fill selection

Paint.NET - Fill area with primary color

IrfanView - Go to previous image in current directory

Tinkercad - Delete object

Adobe Photoshop CC - Delete last node while creating plane

Adobe Photoshop CC - Open Fill dialog box on background or standard layer

Adobe Photoshop CC - Delete adjustment layer

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Delete selected photo(s)

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Delete selected

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Delete selected

Fusion 360 - Delete

Shotcut - Lift

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Clear Layer

Inkscape - delete selection

Inkscape - delete selected node(s)

Inkscape - erase last segment of current line

FastStone MaxView 3.3 - Previous image

Modo 12.1 - Delete

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Clear

Nuke - Delete selected clips or folders

Nuke - Delete nodes

Nuke - Delete an item from curve list or Delete points/shapes

Darktable 2.6.3 - Darkroom > Image back

UVLayout 2.11 - Unselect weld edges

UVLayout 2.11 - Unselect webbing edges

UVLayout 2.11 - Untag edge

UVLayout 2.11 - Untag edge

UVLayout 2.11 - Unselect cut edges

UVLayout 2.11 - Unselect weld edges

3D Coat - Delete the last point

Sketchup for Web - Delete (selected entities)

Krita 3.0 - Fill with background color

QCad 3.22.0 - Delete

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Clear

Shotcut (Mac) - Lift

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Previous image

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Delete

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Previous image

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Clear Layer

ACDSee - Displays the previous item in the slideshow, Auto Advance, or View sequence

ACDSee Free - Displays the previous item in the view sequence

Corel Painter - Delete current selection

Wings 3D - Vertex | Collapse

Wings 3D - Edge | Dissolve

Wings 3D - Face | Dissolve

Wings 3D - Object | Delete

Wings 3D - Light | Delete

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Delete Point

PureRef (macOS) - Delete

Pixelmator Pro - Delete selected layer(s)

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Previous

InVision (macOS) - Delete Point

Exposure X7 7.1.5 - Delete selected

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Delete

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select delete morphing hint mode

System tools (13)

VisualBoyAdvance-M - Select button

Ditto - Go to the Parent Group

zsh - Delete one character backward

Bash (Unix shell) - Delete the character before the cursor

Xterm - Delete preceding character

Command Line - Delete character left to the insertion point

Mednafen 1.29 - Rewind emulation, if save-state rewinding functionality is enabled, up to 600 frames

Everything - Remove the last character in the jump to text

Cisco IOS - Delete character to the left of the cursor

zsh (macOS) - Delete one character backward

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Alfred 4 - Go one level up

Alfred 4 - Go one level up

Alfred 4 - Go up a folder in iTunes Mini Player

Developer tools (30)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Delete

Virtual Key Codes - VK_BACK (0x08)

Roblox Studio - Delete

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Delete one character to the left of the cursor

Undertale: Debug Mode - Increases walk speed when held down

TouchDesigner - Delete Selection

Sublime Text 4 - Left delete

Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

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Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

Atom (Windows) - native!

Atom (Windows) - core:backspace

Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) github:co-author:backspace

Atom (Windows) - (Source: Tree View) tree-view:remove

PythonWin - Remove selected region or one character or indent to the left.

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Clear

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Remove the previous character or the current selection

FileMaker - Previous character

Proto.io (macOS) - Delete

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Delete selected field

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Delete selected row(s)

IPython Shell - Delete previous character in line

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.DeleteBackwards

jEdit - Delete character before caret

Anvil - Delete the currently selected components

Anvil - Delete the currently selected row(s) or column(s), or set the currently selected cell value to None

Handsontable (Excel) - Clear the contents of the selected cells

Handsontable (Excel) - Delete one character before the cursor*

Web applications (6)

Sitefinity CMS - Delete one character to the left

Google Calendar - Delete an event

Wix - Delete an element

Wix - Delete an element

Pocket for Mac - Delete

Yahoo Finance charts - Delete a highlighted item or the active drawing

File manager (14)

Total Commander - Change to parent directory

WinRAR - Go back to previous folder

Q-Dir - View the folder one level up

7-Zip - Open the folder one level up

Xyplorer - Up

Xyplorer - Browse to parent folder

Xyplorer - Browse to parent folder

Xyplorer - Remove the item right before the currently selected item

WinSCP - Open parent directory

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - One folder up

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File Explorer - View the previous folder

PeaZip - Go back in history

WinNc - Up one directory

Multi Commander - Go to parent folder (Go up)

Media player (18)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Starting point

GOM Player - Restart from the beginning

Tidal - Back

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Normal speed

Kodi - Back

Kodi - Back

Kodi - Back

MPlayer - Reset playback speed to normal

MPlayer - Go backward/forward in the playlist

Celluloid 0.23 - Reset playback speed to normal

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Plex (Windows) - Back

Cmus 2.8 - browser-up

OpenShot 2.6 - Delete item

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Maximize work area

Plex (macOS) - Back

Amarok (Windows) - Previous Browser

Spotify (macOS) - Delete

Jellyfin MPV Shim - Reset speed

Games - PC (107)

Roblox (2022) - Drop tool

The Sims 4 - Press while holding an object to place it in the Household inventory. Good for storing multiple things fast

Arma 3 - Complex command menu

Bloons TD Battles - Sell a tower

Starfield - Delete

Starfield - Delete piece

Starfield - Delete

Grand Theft Auto V - Phone Cancel

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - View order

Command & Conquer: Generals - Team chat

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Skip RTC

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Close Menu

Company of Heroes - Reset camera tilt

Space Engineers (PC) - Respawn

ARK: Survival Evolved - Toggle HUD

Company of Heroes 2 (classic controls) - Reset camera tilt

Dying Light - Drop equipment

BFME 2 - Talk to Team

X4: Foundations - Brake to zero speed

X4: Foundations - Backspace

Far Cry 6 (PC) - System menu / Back / Exit / Cancel

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Reset effects to default

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Menu / Abort / Exit

The Crew 2 (PC) - Back on track

The Crew 2 (PC) - Leave

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Skip current dialogue (if any)

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Go back previous page (if applicable)

Kerbal Space Program - Reset focus in orbital map

Kerbal Space Program - Activate abort action group

People Playground - Delete the item under the cursor

LiftOff: FPV Drone Racing (PC) - Cancel

Place Anywhere (Fallout 4 mod) - Undo last precise movement / rotation / scaling action

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution - Game map

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Chat to all allies (in multiplayer)

Total War: Attila - Cancel order

Star Citizen - Self Destruct

Star Citizen - Force Re-spawn (E.V.A. / On Foot)

Dying Light 2 Stay Human (PC) - Drop ıtem

Rocket League - Reset shot

Rocket League - (hold) Save replay

Hogwarts Legacy - Undo

Hogwarts Legacy - Close Screen

Transport Fever 2 - Camera tool: Stop

Chaos; Head Noah (PC) - Back / Hide text

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (PC) - Select All Characters

Football Manager 2020 - Go to previous screen in history

Resident Evil 7 (PC) - Back / Cancel

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 - Closes the most recently opened interface window

Overwatch - Whisper reply

Age of Empires IV - Reset camera – 1st press resets camera rotation, 2nd press resets zoom

Don't Starve (PC) - Toggle Debug screen

Kenshi (PC) - Undo last building

Worms Armageddon (PC) - Jump upwards

Worms Armageddon (PC) - Flip backwards

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Default camera

Northgard (PC) - Return to Town Hall

Dune: Spice Wars (PC) - Reset view

Russian Fishing 4 - Put into the backpack

Halo Infinite (PC) - Toggle HUD

Warcraft III: Reforged - Cycle between town center buildings

Warcraft III - Cycle through town center buildings

Stellaris (PC) - Go to home system

Overwatch 2 (PC) - Reply to Whisper

Worms W.M.D (PC) - WA backflip

Grim Dawn (PC) - Toggle pet display

Sons of the Forest (PC) - Back

L. A. Noire - Back

Atlas - Toggle HUD

Conan Exiles (PC) - Walk

Privateer 2: The Darkening - Launch mines and decoys

Wasteland 3 (PC) - Reset camera angle

Arma Reforger (PC) - Toggle Perspective

Foxhole (PC) - Reply to private message

Cricket 22 (PC) - Open Tactics Menu

Cricket 22 (PC) - Slide/Dive Fielder (manual movement)

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Toggle "From object/To Object" camera direction mode (Note: for F2, F6, F 7, F8, F9, F12 Views only)

Crusader Kings II - Focus camera on capital province

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends (PC) - Reset camera tilt

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic - Close top-most window

StarCraft 2 - View base

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Emergency

Fantasy Grounds - Reset number field

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PC) - Cancel / Jump / Activate abilities

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PC) - Back

Two Point Campus - Cancel

Harvestella (PC) - Cancel / go back

Blood - Turn around

Forza Motorsport 7 (PC) - Toggle telemetry

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Debug Toggle

Blood: Fresh Supply - Turn around

Super Robot Wars 30 (PC) - Cancel/Skip

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Cancel order

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Back

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Back (mouse click lower left)

Katana Zero (PC) - Back

Phoenix Point (PC) - End turn

Azur Lane: Crosswave - Expand map

Azur Lane: Crosswave - Return to map

Surviving Mars (PC) - Last Notification

Hard West 2 (PC) - End turn

Roblox - A Universal Time - Drop tool

AI War Classic - Scrap selected units

Blacksad: Under the Skin - Back / Close

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (PC) - Cancel command

Tyranny (PC) - Select all party members

Despotism 3k (PC) - Cancel

Despotism 3k (PC) - Close map

Discord - Delete message

Zimbra Web Client - Remove selected addresses

Blackboard Collaborate - Delete selected objects or text in whiteboard

Irssi 1.2.3 - (backspace) Delete the previous character

Irssi 1.2.3 - backspace

Google+ - Navigate back

Office Delve - Go back one page

Twitterrific 6 - Delete and edit item (if yours)

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Delete selected objects or text in whiteboard

Security (1)

Comodo IceDragon - Back

Productivity (111)

FL Studio 20 - Toggle Line/None Snap

FL Studio 20 - Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting)

FL Studio 20 - Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting)

Traktor Pro 3 - Undo / Redo

REAPER - Browser: Go to parent folder

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Delete Selected

Studio One 5.4 - Delete

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Deletes one character to the left in the Formula Bar

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Also clears the content of the active cell

Microsoft Excel 2019 - In cell editing mode, it deletes the character to the left of the insertion point

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Logseq - Delete backwards

Logseq - Backspace / Delete backwards

Logseq - Delete selected blocks

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Delete Selected

Lucidchart - Delete selection

Nuendo 10 - Delete

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Move to parent directory

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - Delete

draw.io - Delete

draw.io - Delete including connections

draw.io - Delete selected cells

FL Studio 21 - Toggle Line/None Snap

FL Studio 21 - Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting)

FL Studio 21 - Global Snap (none, current setting - toggle)

MetaTrader 5 - Delete the latest objects imposed to a chart

WPS Office - Clears the content of the active cell to reedit cell content

PlanSwift - Undoes the most recent click point of the takeoff section being recorded

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Clear

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Presentation Mode) Previous Spread

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Tables) Clear

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Tables) Delete

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Text) Delete one character to the left

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Text) Delete one character to the right

LibreOffice Calc - Delete the contents of selected cells

Edius Pro 9 - Delete Gap

LightBurn - Delete

Finale 26 - Navigation: Caret / Selection: Clear

Finale 26 - Navigation: Caret / Selection: Clear

Finale 26 - Edit: remove note from chord

Finale 26 - Edit: change single note to rest

Finale 26 - Clear all items

Vegas Pro 18 - Restore previous five time selections

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Delete

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Delete

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Delete character to left Of cursor

Excel for the web - Clear selected cell and start editing

MuPDF - Previous page (don't chage placement of the page)

ForkLift 3 - Enclosing folder

MindManager 21 - Move forward / backward through topic selection history

MindManager 21 - Move forward / backward through topic selection history

Clipchamp - Delete selected items

Miro - Delete

Microsoft Access 2019 - Open the folder one level above the selected folder

Microsoft Access 2019 - Delete the selection or the character to the left of the insertion point

Microsoft Access 2019 - Move back to the previous Help topic (Back button)

QuickBooks Desktop - Delete a character to the left

Viz Artist 4.4 - Delete container

Basecamp - Delete backward

Evolution - Delete selection

Evolution - Scroll up

Kindle for PC - Back

Melodyne 4 - Delete (alternative)

Sage 100 (MAS 90/200) - Delete entry in a field

Mural - Delete element

WinMerge 2.16.10 - Open parent folder if possible (available only when subfolders are not included in compare)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Delete selection in playlist

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Delete

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Delete all Warp markers in a selection

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Delete one character to the left

Lacerte - Delete character to left of cursor

Miro (macOS) - Delete

Odoo Point of Sale v16 - Delete

MindMeister - Delete an idea

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Slideshows) - Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide

Xactimate - Default Zoom

Taskade - Delete text or entire task

Oracle PeopleSoft - Backspace and delete characters

Cinema 4D - Delete

Cinema 4D - Delete

Kindle for Mac - Back

CintaNotes 3.13 - Go back in filter history.

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Delete

Fission (Audio Editor) - Delete

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Delete

Diagrams.net - Delete selected cells

LibreOffice Impress - Play previous effect again. If no previous effect exists on this slide, show previous slide

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Delete (alternative)

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Delete

Trading Technologies TT - Abandon OCO

Trading Technologies TT - Abandon OCO

TallyPrime - Remove the value typed

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Delete

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Delete

Chief Architect X15 - Delete

SharePoint - Delete the selection, or if there is no selection, the character in front of the cursor.

Asana - Delete current task (when task name is empty)

Asana (Mac) - Delete current task (when task name is empty)

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Level up (available only if you have applied the Detect scenes option)

Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Clear cell content

Powtoon (Windows) - Remove selected object/text

Mutt 2.2.10 - Scroll up one line

Mutt 2.2.10 - Delete the char in front of the cursor

Fantastical 2 - Delete item

Evernote 10.9.10 - Delete

WeVideo - Delete the selected clip from the timeline

Clarizen - When selecting a reference to an object field, the content is highlighted and BACKSPACE deletes the entire content

Clarizen - When in the middle of typing, delete the previous character (reference and list editor)

Clarizen - When getting to the previous object (in multi select), first BACKSPACE selects the object and a further BACKSPACE deletes it

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Move back from

FlowMapp - Delete element

Scientific (39)

Archicad 24 - During input: cancel the operation

Archicad 24 - Selected item(s): delete

Archicad 24 - Undo last node

Altium Designer - Remove the last placed segment, while placing a Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness, or Polygon

Altium Designer - Delete a single, selected end-of-route object (component-free track, arc, via, or pad). The singular routing object connected to the deleted object will be automatically selected and ready for subsequent deletion.

Altium Designer - Remove the last placed vertex

Altium Designer - Unwinds the last committed route back to its starting point. If any objects had been pushed through placing the last segment, they are moved back to their original positions

Altium Designer - Remove last segment or accordion

Altium Designer - Remove last segment

Altium Designer - Remove last segments

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Altium Designer - Delete a single character to the left of the cursor. If one or more characters in the document are selected, the command will delete the selection

KiCad 5.0.2 - Delete node

Tekla Structures 20 - Undo last polygon pick

Eagle 9.5.2 - Remove the effect of the most recent left mouse commit

MathType 7 - Delete left

JMP 15 - Delete expression

GeoGebra - Delete current selection

GeoGebra - Delete current selection

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Remove Selected Empty Expression

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Delete Selection

Vectorworks 2020 - While drawing walls, NURBS, etc. undo the last clicked point

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Remove selected empty expression

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Delete selection

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Remove selected empty expression

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Delete selection

ImageJ - Erase selection to background color

UCAT - Delete a number you have inputted

3D Slicer 4 - When the mouse is hovering over a fiducial in the Slice Viewer (turning it yellow), delete that fiducial

3D Slicer 4 - Remove and make previous point current

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (Windows) - Remove Selected Empty Expression

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (Windows) - Delete Selection

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (macOS) - Remove Selected Empty Expression

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (macOS) - Delete Selection

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Delete previous char

JMP 15 (macOS) - Delete expression

Desmos Scientific Calculator (Windows, ChromeOS) - Remove Selected Empty Expression

Desmos Scientific Calculator (Windows, ChromeOS) - Delete Selection

AVEVA PI Vision - Delete an object

CircuitStudio - Remove vertex

Hardware (3)

Ducky One 2 Mini - Delete current profile value

RK61 - Del

BlackBerry Classic - Reset the stopwatch and clear lap results

Games - console and PC (1)

Dragon Quest XI S (Keyboard and Xbox controller) - Cancel / Return

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Table of contents

General (22)
Text editing (12)
Imaging (71)
System tools (13)
Developer tools (30)
Web applications (6)
File manager (14)
Media player (18)
Games - PC (107)
Social & Messaging (9)
Security (1)
Productivity (111)
Scientific (39)
Hardware (3)
Games - console and PC (1)

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