What is Backspace keyboard shortcut for?

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General description for this shortcut: Removes the character left to the cursor.

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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

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

Opera - Go back

Opera - Delete selection (or character left of cursor)

Opera - Go to previous page in history

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

Audacity - Delete Key

Windows Voice Recorder - Go back

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Firefox - Back

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

Roll20 - Delete selected object(s)

Zsnes - Pause

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

Mapedit (Blood) - Delete last node while creating sector

Mapedit (Blood) - Delete numeric value in decimal steps

Lynx 2.8.9 - Go to the History Page

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Go back

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Go to the previous page

Windows 10 Maps - Go back

Vivaldi - History 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

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

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

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - 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 (63)

Krita 4.2.2 - Fill with background color

Krita 4.2.2 - Remove point

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

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

CorelDRAW 2020 - Delete

IrfanView - Go to previous image in current directory

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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

Paint.NET - Fill selection

Paint.NET - Fill area with primary color

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Delete selected

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Delete selected

Nuke - Delete selected clips or folders

Nuke - Delete nodes

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

Inkscape - delete selection

Inkscape - delete selected node(s)

Inkscape - erase last segment of current line

Fusion 360 - Delete

Corel Painter - Delete current selection

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Clear

Tinkercad - Delete object

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Delete selected photo(s)

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Previous image

3D Coat - Delete the last point

Shotcut - Lift

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Clear Layer

QCad 3.22.0 - Delete

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

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Previous

Pixelmator Pro - Delete selected layer(s)

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

Wings 3D - Vertex | Collapse

Wings 3D - Edge | Dissolve

Wings 3D - Face | Dissolve

Wings 3D - Object | Delete

Wings 3D - Light | Delete

PureRef (macOS) - Delete

Modo 12.1 - Delete

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Delete

Sketchup for Web - Delete (selected entities)

Aseprite 1.2.27 (macOS) - Clear

Krita 3.0 - Fill with background color

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Previous image

Shotcut (Mac) - Lift

FastStone MaxView 3.3 - Previous image

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Delete Point

ACDSee Free - Displays the previous item in the view sequence

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Delete

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Select delete morphing hint mode

InVision (macOS) - Delete Point

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Clear Layer

System tools (13)

VisualBoyAdvance-M - Select button

Ditto - Go to the Parent Group

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

Cisco IOS - Delete character to the left of the cursor

zsh - Delete one character backward

Xterm - Delete preceding character

Command Line - Delete character left to the insertion point

Everything - Remove the last character in the jump to text

Bash (Unix shell) - Delete the character before 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 (27)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Delete

Undertale: Debug Mode - Increases walk speed when held down

Roblox Studio - Delete

Virtual Key Codes - VK_BACK (0x08)

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

Sublime Text 4 - Left delete

Sublime Text 4 - Run macro file

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

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

Atom (Windows) - native!

Atom (Windows) - core:backspace

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

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

TouchDesigner - Delete Selection

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

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Clear

FileMaker - Previous character

IPython Shell - Delete previous character in line

Proto.io (macOS) - Delete

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Delete selected field

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Delete selected row(s)

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

Web applications (5)

Google Calendar - Delete an event

Wix - Delete an element

Wix - Delete an element

Sitefinity CMS - Delete one character to the left

Pocket for Mac - Delete

File manager (13)

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

File Explorer - View the previous folder

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

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Multi Commander - Go to parent folder (Go up)

WinNc - Up one directory

PeaZip - Go back in history

Media player (18)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Starting point

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Normal speed

Tidal - Back

GOM Player - Restart from the beginning

MPlayer - Reset playback speed to normal

MPlayer - Go backward/forward in the playlist

Plex (Windows) - Back

Celluloid 0.23 - Reset playback speed to normal

Kodi - Back

Kodi - Back

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Kodi - Back

OpenShot 2.6 - Delete item

Plex (macOS) - Back

Jellyfin MPV Shim - Reset speed

Cmus 2.8 - browser-up

Spotify (macOS) - Delete

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Maximize work area

Amarok (Windows) - Previous Browser

Games - PC (97)

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

Grand Theft Auto V - Phone Cancel

Bloons TD Battles - Sell a tower

Arma 3 - Complex command menu

Kerbal Space Program - Reset focus in orbital map

Kerbal Space Program - Activate abort action group

ARK: Survival Evolved - Toggle HUD

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - View order

Command & Conquer: Generals - Team chat

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Company of Heroes - Reset camera tilt

X4: Foundations - Brake to zero speed

X4: Foundations - Backspace

BFME 2 - Talk to Team

Dying Light - Drop equipment

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

Space Engineers (PC) - Respawn

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

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Skip RTC

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Close Menu

Star Citizen - Self Destruct

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

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

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

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution - Game map

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Menu / Abort / Exit

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

Rocket League - Reset shot

Rocket League - (hold) Save replay

LiftOff: FPV Drone Racing (PC) - Cancel

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

Stellaris (PC) - Go to home system

Dying Light 2 Stay Human (PC) - Drop ıtem

People Playground - Delete the item under the cursor

Conan Exiles (PC) - Walk

Football Manager 2020 - Go to previous screen in history

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

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

The Crew 2 (PC) - Back on track

The Crew 2 (PC) - Leave

Worms Armageddon (PC) - Jump upwards

Worms Armageddon (PC) - Flip backwards

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 - Closes the most recently opened interface window

Overwatch - Whisper reply

Don't Starve (PC) - Toggle Debug screen

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Emergency

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

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

Resident Evil 7 (PC) - Back / Cancel

Transport Fever 2 - Camera tool: Stop

Kenshi (PC) - Undo last building

Warcraft III - Cycle through town center buildings

Total War: Attila - Cancel order

Northgard (PC) - Return to Town Hall

Overwatch 2 (PC) - Reply to Whisper

Grim Dawn (PC) - Toggle pet display

L. A. Noire - Back

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Default camera

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

Sons of the Forest (PC) - Back

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic - Close top-most window

Halo Infinite (PC) - Toggle HUD

StarCraft 2 - View base

Warcraft III: Reforged - Cycle between town center buildings

Arma Reforger (PC) - Toggle Perspective

Fantasy Grounds - Reset number field

Atlas - Toggle HUD

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Debug Toggle

Crusader Kings II - Focus camera on capital province

Surviving Mars (PC) - Last Notification

Super Robot Wars 30 (PC) - Cancel/Skip

Tyranny (PC) - Select all party members

Dune: Spice Wars (PC) - Reset view

Blood - Turn around

AI War Classic - Scrap selected units

Blood: Fresh Supply - Turn around

Wasteland 3 (PC) - Reset camera angle

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

Despotism 3k (PC) - Cancel

Despotism 3k (PC) - Close map

Blacksad: Under the Skin - Back / Close

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

Foxhole (PC) - Reply to private message

Harvestella (PC) - Cancel / go back

Katana Zero (PC) - Back

Forza Motorsport 7 (PC) - Toggle telemetry

Zwift (PC and macOS) - Back

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

Roblox - A Universal Time - Drop tool

Total War: Attila (Mac) - Cancel order

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

Azur Lane: Crosswave - Expand map

Azur Lane: Crosswave - Return to map

Hard West 2 (PC) - End turn

Two Point Campus - Cancel

Phoenix Point (PC) - End turn

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PC) - Back

Social & Messaging (9)

Discord - Delete message

Irssi 1.2.3 - (backspace) Delete the previous character

Irssi 1.2.3 - backspace

Blackboard Collaborate - Delete selected objects or text in whiteboard

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

Zimbra Web Client - Remove selected addresses

Twitterrific 6 - Delete and edit item (if yours)

Google+ - Navigate back

Office Delve - Go back one page

Security (1)

Comodo IceDragon - Back

Productivity (100)

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)

REAPER - Browser: Go to parent folder

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Delete Selected

Traktor Pro 3 - Undo / Redo

Studio One 5.4 - Delete

draw.io - Delete

draw.io - Delete including connections

draw.io - Delete selected cells

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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

MetaTrader 5 - Delete the latest objects imposed to a chart

LibreOffice Calc - Delete the contents of selected cells

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Delete Selected

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

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Delete

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

Vegas Pro 18 - Restore previous five time selections

Lucidchart - Delete selection

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

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - Delete

LightBurn - Delete

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Move to parent directory

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

Edius Pro 9 - Delete Gap

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

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Delete

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Delete character to left Of cursor

Clipchamp - Delete selected items

Nuendo 10 - Delete

Miro - Delete

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

QuickBooks Desktop - Delete a character to the left

Basecamp - Delete backward

Lacerte - Delete character to left of cursor

MindMeister - Delete an idea

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

ForkLift 3 - Enclosing folder

Evolution - Delete selection

Evolution - Scroll up

Xactimate - Default Zoom

Melodyne 4 - Delete (alternative)

MindManager 21 - Move forward / backward through topic selection history

MindManager 21 - Move forward / backward through topic selection history

Viz Artist 4.4 - Delete container

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

Kindle for PC - Back

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Delete

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 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)

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Delete (alternative)

Excel for the web - Clear selected cell and start editing

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

Mural - Delete element

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

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

CintaNotes 3.13 - Go back in filter history.

Trading Technologies TT - Abandon OCO

Trading Technologies TT - Abandon OCO

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

TallyPrime - Remove the value typed

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Delete

Odoo Point of Sale v16 - Delete

Kindle for Mac - Back

Fission (Audio Editor) - Delete

Oracle PeopleSoft - Backspace and delete characters

Taskade - Delete text or entire task

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

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

Powtoon (Windows) - Remove selected object/text

FlowMapp - Delete element

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

Fantastical 2 - Delete item

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Delete

Miro (macOS) - Delete

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

Evernote 10.9.10 - Delete

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Move back from

WeVideo - Delete the selected clip from the timeline

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Delete

Scientific (38)

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

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

KiCad 5.0.2 - Delete node

Tekla Structures 20 - Undo last polygon pick

MathType 7 - Delete left

JMP 15 - Delete expression

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Delete previous char

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

ImageJ - Erase selection to background color

GeoGebra - Delete current selection

GeoGebra - Delete current selection

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

Desmos Scientific Calculator (Windows, ChromeOS) - Delete Selection

AVEVA PI Vision - Delete an object

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Remove selected empty expression

Desmos Graphing Calculator (macOS) - Delete selection

JMP 15 (macOS) - Delete expression

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 Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Remove Selected Empty Expression

Desmos Scientific Calculator (macOS) - Delete Selection

UCAT - Delete a number you have inputted

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Remove selected empty expression

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Delete selection

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

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (macOS) - Delete Selection

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

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (Windows) - Delete Selection

Hardware (3)

Ducky One 2 Mini - Delete current profile value

RK61 - Del

BlackBerry Classic - Reset the stopwatch and clear lap results

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