What is Ctrl + Backspace keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 115 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: Deletes the word left to the cursor.

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General (7)

Opera - Remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address

Brave (Windows) - Delete the previous word in a text field

Google Chrome - Delete the previous word in a text field

Mozilla Thunderbird - Delete word to the left

E-Sword - Delete previous word Editors only

Wunderlist - Delete selected List or To-do

Vuze - Clear filter-as-you-type text

Text editing (16)

Microsoft Word 2019 - Delete one word to the left

Microsoft OneNote - Delete one word to the left

Brackets - Delete previous group

CudaText 1.88.3 - Delete previous word

Most used text editing - Delete previous word

Microsoft FrontPage - Delete one word to the left.

TeXstudio 4.7.2 - Delete Ieft word

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Notepad2 - Delete word before/left

Ace Editor - Remove word left

WriteMonkey - Delete word left

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QOwnNotes 19.10.10 - Delete word

iA Writer - Delete word to the left of cursor

Helix 23.10 - Delete previous word

LibreOffice Writer - Delete text to beginning of word

LibreOffice Writer - (in a list) Delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Delete Word Before/Left.

Imaging (17)

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Delete a footage item without a warning

Krita 4.2.2 - Fill with background color (opacity)

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Clear

PowerDirector 17 - Mute / Mute off

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

Blender 3.4.1 - Delete

Inkscape - go to parent group/layer

Inkscape - delete without preserving shape

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Clear unused

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Corel Painter - Delete layer

Nuke - Clear output window

Adobe Photoshop CC - Fill with foreground or background color. Hold down Shift to preserve transparency

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Delete rejected photo(s)

Canva (Windows) - Delete empty page

Modo 12.1 - Collapse

Global Mapper 21 - RESTORE Last DRAWN View

System tools (3)

Everything - Delete previous word

Command Line - Delete the word left to the insertion point

ConEmu (190623 alpha) - Delete word leftward to the cursor (ignored in Far)

Developer tools (34)

Jupyter Notebook - Delete word before

Notepad++ - Delete to start of word

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

Sublime Text 4 - Delete word

Eclipse - Delete previous word

CodeMirror - Delete to the left of the group before the cursor

SAP ABAP - Delete previous word

Delphi - Delete the word to the beginning

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

Android Studio - Delete to start of word

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RStudio - Delete Word Left

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Delete to start of word

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Delete to start of word.

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Clear Label

PythonWin - Delete the word to the left of the cursor.

SlickEdit 2023 - Cut line

SlickEdit 2023 - Cut line

SlickEdit 2023 - Cut line

SlickEdit 2023 - Cut line

FileMaker - Next word

Atom (Windows) - editor:delete-to-beginning-of-word

Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) github:discard-changes-in-selected-files

Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) github:discard-selected-lines

jEdit - Delete word before caret

Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Remove word left

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Delete word left

Valentina Studio - Delete Word Backward

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Remove Word Left

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - Edit.WordDeleteToStart

SmartGit 19 - Clear output

IBM COBOL Editor - Delete Previous Word

GitLab (Windows) - Delete word

Handoff.design (Windows) - Delete

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Remove the previous word

Web applications (4)

TradingView - Remove word left

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Delete chat

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Delete the previous word

Sitefinity CMS - Delete one word to the left

File manager (4)

Xyplorer - Breadcrumb...

Xyplorer - Delete the previous word

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Jump to the Root folder

Multi Commander - Go to the root of the device

Media player (2)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Middle point

GOM Player - Root menu

Games - PC (2)

GTA IV Emergency Lighting System - Toggle Express mode

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Show frame rate

Security (1)

Burp Suite - Backspace word

Productivity (37)

Epic - Delete previous word/character block

Studio One 5.4 - Previous Hotspot

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Alternate Delete

Virtual DJ 2018 - Go to last folder

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Clear

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Tables) ⌫: Row

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

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

Google Sheets - Scroll to active cell

MindManager 21 - Select parent

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Excel for the web - Move Viewport To Active Cell

Beyond Compare 5 - Delete to start of word

Beyond Compare 5 - Delete to start of word

Beyond Compare 5 - Delete to start of word

Quip - Scroll focused cell into view

FineReader 15 - Delete Pages...

FineReader 15 - Delete Pages...

Virtual DJ 2021 - Go to last folder

SharePoint - Delete all of the word in front of the cursor, but not the previous space.

Google Sheets (Android) - Scroll to active cell

Microsoft To Do - Delete selected task or list

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

MeisterTask (Windows) - Trash Task

MeisterTask (Windows) - Trash selected Task

The Bat! - Open reply

LibreOffice Impress - Delete text to beginning of word

LibreOffice Impress - In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph

CintaNotes 3.13 - Display similarly tagged notes. This command changes the tag selection on the Tag Sidebar to match the tags of the currently focused note.

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Discard Connect Clips

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Delete selected component(s)

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Delete word to left of cursor

Quire.io (Windows) - Delete selected task(s)

M*Modal Editor - Delete word left

ChartNet Editor - Delete word left

Oracle PeopleSoft - Delete to start of word

SelfCAD - Delete all

Sound Particles 2.1 (Windows) - Close render

Scientific (7)

Altium Designer - Redo

Altium Designer - Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the active Multi-board document. Multiple levels of redo are supported

Altium Designer - Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the current document. Multiple levels of Redo are supported

Altium Designer - Delete all characters back to the beginning of the first word immediately to the left of the current cursor position

PowerScribe 360 - Delete to the start of the previous word

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Delete previous word

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Deselect all the elements on the page

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Table of contents

General (7)
Text editing (16)
Imaging (17)
System tools (3)
Developer tools (34)
Web applications (4)
File manager (4)
Media player (2)
Games - PC (2)
Security (1)
Productivity (37)
Scientific (7)

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