What is Ctrl + X keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 475 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: Copy selected item to the clipboard and remove it from original location.

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General (28)

Windows 11 - Cut the selected item

Opera - Move selection to clipboard

Audacity - Cut

HyperSnap 8 - Cut

HyperSnap 8 - Cut

rTorrent - Call commands or change settings

Mozilla Thunderbird - Cut selected search text

Mozilla Thunderbird - Cut

Mozilla Thunderbird - Cut (selected events, tasks or text)

Ardour - Cut

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GNOME - Cut (remove) selected text or items and place it on the clipboard.

Deepin Linux - Cut

Deepin Linux - Cut

Ubuntu - Cut the selected text/object

Giants Editor - Cut

Firefox - Cut

EasyWorship - Cut the selected text to the Windows clipboard

GoldWave - Cuts the selection.

Windows XP - Cut

Windows XP - Cut selected files/folders

Windows XP - Cut

Maxthon - Cut

VideoProc Vlogger (Windows) - Cut

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Cut selected items, and copy them to the Clipboard

E-Sword - Cut Editors only

Quicken 2018 - Go to Transfer

NextPVR 5.1 - Enable Subtitles (Closed Caption)

Vuze - Change filter-as-you-type to/from Regex searches

Text editing (40)

PDF-XChange Editor - Cut

Microsoft Word 2019 - Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard

Microsoft Word 2019 - Cut selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard

Notepad - Cut

Microsoft OneNote - Cut the selected text or item to the Clipboard

Sublime Text - Cut line

Nano - Close the current file buffer / Exit from Nano

Overleaf - Cut selected text

Brackets - Cut

Joplin - Cut

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Most used text editing - Cut selected text

gedit - Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard

Xodo - Cut

Nuance Power PDF - Cut selected item to clipboard

QuarkXPress 2019 - Cut

Texmaker 5.0.4 - Cut

KompoZer - Cut

Scrivener 1.9.9 - Cut

Wordpad - Cut a selection

FocusWriter - Cut

CudaText 1.88.3 - Cut to clipboard

Typora 0.9.81 - Cut

Notepad2 - Cut

PSPad - Cut

OneNote for the web - Cut

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Cut.

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Cut Selection or Current Line, if No Selection.

Metapad - Cut

Bluefish - Cut

WriteMonkey - Cut line / selection

ZenWriter 2 - Cut

WikidPad (Windows) - Cut

Google Docs (PC) - Cut

Microsoft FrontPage - Cut selected text to the Microsoft Office Clipboard.

Tomboy 0.23 - Cut the selected text

KeepNote 0.7.8 - Cut

TreePad Lite - Cut

iA Writer - Cut

WordPerfect X8 - Cut

TextRoom - Cut

Imaging (82)

Krita 4.2.2 - Cut

Siemens NX - Cut

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Cut

CorelDRAW 2020 - Move one or more objects to the Clipboard.

Adobe Illustrator - Cut

SketchUp - Cut

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Cut

AutoCAD - Cut object

Substance Painter - Cut layer

QGIS 3.10 - Cut Features

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Cut Selected In Data View

PureRef - Close

Moho 13 - Cut

Paint.NET - Cut

IrfanView - Cut

Corel Painter - Cut

Harmony 20 - Cut

FastStone Image Viewer - Cut the selected part of the image

Paint Tool SAI - Cut

PowerDirector 17 - Cut

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Cut

Microsoft Paint - Cut selected area

Fusion 360 - Cut

3D Coat - Unhide all

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Cut

SketchUp 2022 Pro - Cut

Nuke - Cut selected item(s)

Nuke - Cut selected keys

MediBang Paint Pro 27.0 - Cut

Pixlr Editor (Web) - Cut

DraftSight 2019 - Copy entities to the clipboard and delete the entities

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Cut

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Cut

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Cut

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Cut

Paint 3D - Cut selected item

Daz Studio 4.15 - Cut to clipboard

GIMP - Cut selection

Inkscape - Cut selection

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Cut

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Cut Clips

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (Windows) - Cut

ProgeCAD - Cut to Clipboard

Global Mapper 21 - DELETE (& Copy to clipboard) features currently selected with Digitizer/ Edit tool

Adobe XD (Windows) - Cut

HitFilm - Cut selection

Shotcut - Cut

LightWave 3D - Cut

LightWave 3D - IKB calculate

SnagIt 13 - Cut

Kdenlive - Ripple Delete

OpenToonz 1.4 - Cut

Aspire 10 - Cut the selected vectors

PaintShop Pro 2018 - Cut

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Cut to clipboard

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Cut

PixInsight (Windows) - Exit

ArtRage Studio Pro - Cut

Enterprise Architect 14 - Cut the selected text.

Modo 12.1 - Cut

Marmoset Hexels - Cut

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Cut selection and put it on the Clipboard

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Cut

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Cut

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Cut

Windows Movie Maker - Cut

Sweet Home 3D - Cut

Sketchup for Web - Cut

Adobe Dimension CC (Windows) - Cut

LDCad - Cut (copy to clipboard and remove) the current selection. A dialog with extra options might first appear if needed

QCad 3.22.0 - Cut

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Cut

Krita 3.0 - Cut

Gravit Designer - Cut

Poser Pro 12 - Cut

Tribble LayOut 22.0 - Cut

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Cut

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Cut

Glimpse 0.1.2 - Cut

InVision (macOS) - Show Pixel Grid on Zoom

vecta.io - Cut

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Cut

System tools (7)

KDE Plasma Desktop - Cut

KDE Plasma Desktop - Cut

Cisco IOS - Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line

Ditto - Cut Clips between Groups (this does not use the Windows Clipboard)

Everything - Cut selected items

FastStone Capture 9.2 - Cut the selected part

XenCenter - Cut selected text to clipboard

Developer tools (66)

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Cut line (empty selection)

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Cut

Notepad++ - Cut

Unreal Engine - Cut

PyCharm 2018.2 - Cut a current line or a selected code block to the Clipboard.

Arduino IDE - Cut

Python IDLE for Windows - Copy selection into system-wide clipboard; then delete selection

Spyder 4.1.5 - Cut

Roblox Studio - Cut

JetBrains Rider 2022.1 - Cut

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Eclipse - Cut

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Cut (delete the currently selected item and place it to the Clipboard)

Unity - Cut

IntelliJ IDEA (Windows, Linux) - Cut current line to clipboard

Sublime Text 4 - Cut

IDA Pro 7.4 - List cross references to…

Meld 3.21 - Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard

STM32CubeMX - Exit (proposes to save if needed)

SAP ABAP - Cut selection

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Cut line (empty selection)

RStudio - Cut

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Cut selected text

Atom (Windows) - core:cut

Atom (Windows) - native!

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

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

Microsoft Power Automate 2.22 - Cut

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Cut selected text

HeidiSQL - Cut

PythonWin - Cut

HxD 2.3 - Cut

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Undo

Qt Creator - Cut

TouchDesigner - Cut

FileMaker - Cut selected text

FileMaker - Cut

Free Pascal IDE - Line down

WinHex - Cut

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

Windows PowerShell ISE - (Script pane) Cut

Poedit 2.4.2 - Cut

SQLyog - Cut

Database Engine Tuning Advisor - Cut

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - Cut selection

winIDEA - Cut the selection and put it on to the Clipboard

WinDev 25 - Cut selected item

FUZE4 Nintendo Switch - Cut selected code

Valentina Studio - Cut selection to clipboard

Codecademy - Cut line (empty selection)

Qt Linguist 5.13 - Cut

Proto.io - Cut

Handoff.design (Windows) - Cut

CoffeeCup HTML Editor - Cut

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Cut

jEdit - Cut selected text to clipboard.

S3 Browser 8.6.7 - Cut

IBM COBOL Editor - Cut

Informatica PowerCenter 10.5 (Workflow) - Cut text from a cell onto the clipboard

GoLand (Windows) - Cut

Autodesk Stingray - Cut selected keys

App Maker - Cut the selected widgets

App Maker - Cut the selected text

FBIde - Cut

GitLab (Windows) - Cut

SigmaStudio 4.7 - Cut

Anvil - Cut the currently selected component(s) or code

Web applications (10)

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Cut

WordPress - Cut

WordPress - Cut

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Cut

Webflow - Cut

Google Drive - Cut

Wix - Cut

Wix - Cut

Sitefinity CMS - Cut selected text or graphics to the clipboard

Joomla - Cut (Copy text, then remove it)

File manager (6)

Total Commander - Cut file

Q-Dir - Cut

Xyplorer - Cut

Multi Commander - Edit - Cut

PeaZip - Cut

Mp3tag - Cut tag or selected text

Media player (7)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Cycle built-in video transform filter usage

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Close

GOM Player - Exit GOM Player when files are finished

OpenShot 2.6 - Split clip

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Cut

Spotify - Cut

iTunes 11 for Windows - Cut the selected song’s information or artwork

Games - PC (17)

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Find arsenal

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Find arsenal

Live for Speed - Cut Current Text Selection

Space Engineers (PC) - Cut object

X-Plane 11 - Create snap marker

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Enter turn based (while sneaking in real-time)

Football Manager 2020 - Cut

PlayHome (Illusion) - Location copy

iRacing - Increase VanishX

Stellaris (PC) - Diplomatic Map Mode

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OpenTTD 12.1 - Open transparency options window

Fantasy Grounds - Copy selected text to the clipboard, and delete the selection

Fantasy Grounds - Copy selected text to the clipboard, and delete the selection

StarCraft - Exit game

ChessBase 13 - Create a new database in the current directory

NetHack - Player info

Tibia - Cut the selected text and put it into the clipboard

Social & Messaging (5)

Soundpad - Cut

Cisco Jabber - Cut

Irssi 1.2.3 - (next_window_item) Go to the next channel/query. In empty windows change to the next server

Claws Mail - Cut

Blackboard Collaborate - Cut selected objects or text in whiteboard

Security (5)

Burp Suite - Cut

Kaspersky Internet Security - Cut selected data and copy to the clipboard (except passwords, bank card PIN codes, and bank account PIN codes)

DocuSign - Cut

Comodo IceDragon - Cut

CryptoForge - Cut

Productivity (154)

Figma - Cut

FL Studio 20 - Cut channel Steps/Score

FL Studio 20 - Cut selection

FL Studio 20 - Cut selection

REAPER - Edit: Cut items/tracks/envelope points (depending on focus) ignoring time selection

REAPER - Edit: Cut

REAPER - Edit: Cut

REAPER - Edit: Cut

Epic - Cut

Studio One 5.4 - Cut

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Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Cut

Traktor Pro 3 - Slot stop / Delete / Load from list (Remix Deck~)

Aegisub - Cut subtitles

Ableton Live 10 - Cut

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Cut

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Move the selected cells

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Cuts the selected cells

draw.io - Cut

draw.io - Cut

Kali Linux - Cut

Edius Pro 9 - Cut (Follow Mode)

Final Draft 11 (Windows) - Cut

WPS Office - Cuts the selected cells

Nuendo 10 - Cut

Guitar Pro - Cut

LightBurn - Cut

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Cut

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Cut

Vegas Pro 18 - Cut selection

Vegas Pro 18 - Cut selection

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Cut

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Edit > Cut

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Cut

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Cut

Quip - Cut

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Cut

Microsoft Sticky Notes - Kes

Finale 26 - Cut

Lucidchart - Cut

Google Sheets - Cut

Xmind - Cut

ProPresenter 7 (Windows) - Cut

Excel for the web - Cut

Onyx - Menu

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Cut

OpenBoard 1.6 - Cut

Bluebeam Revu - Cut

Avidemux 2.8.7 - Cut

NextGen EHR - Cut the selection into clipboard

Google Sheets (Android) - Cut

SimpleMind - Cut selected element

Mural - Cut

Ocenaudio 3.1 - Cut

Helix Core Visual Client 2022.3 - Cut

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Cut

MindManager 21 - Cut to the Clipboard

Diagrams.net - Cut

Smartsheet (Windows) - Cut

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Cut selected text, object, or slide

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Cut selected object or text

Confluence - Cut

Melodyne 4 - Cut

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Cut (selected object on stage)

SAGE PE Batigest i7 - Cut selection

Accounting CS - Cut

Microsoft Access 2019 - Cut the selected control and copy it to the Clipboard

Microsoft Access 2019 - Cut the selected control and copy it to the Clipboard

Microsoft Access 2019 - Cut selected text in cell and place it on the Clipboard (in Edit mode)

Microsoft Access 2019 - Cut the selection and copy it to the Clipboard

LibreOffice - Cuts out the selected elements

CCH Axcess Tax - Cut the selected item.

Evernote for Windows (legacy) - Cut

QuickBooks Desktop - Cut

Ynab - Cut selected text

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Cut selected item

Microsoft Whiteboard - Cut item to clipboard

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Cut the selected text or object

Nimbus Note - Cut

Tableau - Cut text selection (in captions, titles, formulas, etc.)

AutoQuotes - Cut

Xactimate - Cut

Autodesk Vault 2022 - Cut

Celtx (Windows) - Cut

Celtx (Windows) - Cut

Celtx (Windows) - Cut

Celtx (Windows) - Cut

Celtx (Windows) - Cut

Noteflight (2022) - Cut selection (replace with rests)

Oracle RightNow - Cut

Era-Ignite - Cut highlighted text

Trader Workstation 980 - Cut tickers from page

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

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Cut

Powtoon (Windows) - Cut

Scribus - Cut

Premiere Rush (Windows) - * Cut

The Bat! - Cut text to clipboard

WavePad - Cut

ActivePresenter 7 - Kes

Relativity - Cut

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Cut

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Cut object

Jama Connect - Cuts a text fragment to the clipboard

Sage 50 - Cut

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Cut

FineReader 15 - Cut

FineReader 15 - Cut

Freemind - Cut

Lacerte - Cut a property (Active in the list panel only)

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cut

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cut Selected Container(s)

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cut

Viz Artist 4.4 - View Spline 2 (Rotation Channel Only)

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cut

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cut

FeatureCAM 2023 - Cut

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Cut selected component(s). The cut component does not disappear until it is pasted to the new location.

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Cut the selected text

Lingq - Rewind audio x seconds

Perceptive Content - Export File

Deltek Costpoint 8.1 - Cut selected text

MindMeister - Cut

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Cut

Airtable - Cut a cell or range of cells

Evernote 10.9.10 - Cut

Ipro Eclipse - Cut selected text

Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Cut

Cengage Mindtap - Cut

OBIEE 12.2 - Cut

Google Docs (Chrome OS) - Cut

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Cut

Author-It - Cut

Configura Cet Designer - Cut

MYOB AccountRight - Cut

yEd 3.19 - Cut

The Raiser's Edge - Cut

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Cut

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Cut

CintaNotes 3.13 - Cut the selected notes into clipboard.

Edraw Max 9.4 - Cut

Engagement CS - Cut

Voyager - Cut

Voyager - Cut

Voyager - Cut text

Voyager - Cut the highlighted text

Clarizen - Cut (selected cells or rows)

DataCamp - Cut

Huggle - Next contribution

Workpapers CS - Cut

Oxygen Light - Cut

ProPresenter (macOS) - Cut

Google Docs (Android) - Cut

Clubdeck 2.3.1 - Toggle remote Audio

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

Scientific (45)

Archicad 24 - Cut

Archicad 24 - Cut (text)

Altium Designer - Cut selection

Altium Designer - Clear the content of the currently selected editable cells and copy that content to the clipboard

Altium Designer - Clear the contents of the Name or Description field

Altium Designer - Clear the selected output(s) from the current Output Job Configuration file and copy them to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

Altium Designer - Clear the selected output container, or print job, from the current Output Job Configuration file and copy it to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

Altium Designer - Clear the selected object(s) from the active Draftsman document and copy them to the Draftsman Editor's clipboard

Altium Designer - Clear the selected object(s) from the active Multi-board document and copy them to the Multi-board Editor's clipboard

Altium Designer - Clear the selected object(s) from the current document and copy them to the CAMtastic Editor's clipboard

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Altium Designer - Clear the selected waveform from the Waveform Analysis window and copy it to the SimData Editor's internal clipboard

Altium Designer - Remove all selected text from the current document. A copy of the selection is placed on the standard Windows clipboard

Catia V5 - Run the Cut command

KiCad 5.0.2 - Cut

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Cut elements and copy into the EPLAN clipboard

Rhino 6 - Cut

Google Earth Pro - Cut

JMP 15 - Cut

Femap 2020.2 - Cut (Windows command).

LabView - Cuts an object

LabView - Cuts the selection to the clipboard

Petrel - Cut the active (selected) item in the Explorer panes

Mastercam 2022 - Cut to clipboard

FreeCAD 0.18 - Cut

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - CUT / Cuts selected items.

Originlab Origin 2020 - Cut the selected object(s). (May also add to Clipboard)

PowerScribe 360 - Cut text

Maple - Cut Selection to Clipboard

Maple - or Clear the Line

OrCAD Capture - Cut

MathType 7 - Cut

MicroStation V8i - Cut highlighted text to clipboard

MicroStation V8i - Cut selected elements

Solidworks 2019 - Cut

ETABS 20.3 - Cut

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Edit Cut

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Cut selection

EasyEDA - Cut

Vectorworks 2020 - Cut

Merge PACS Workstation - System-Wide: Close application

AVEVA PI Vision - Cut an object

Alteryx - Cut

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Cut the selected object(s). (May also add to Clipboard)

AVEVA PI Server 2018 SP3 - Cuts (deletes) the selected object and copies it to the clipboard

TrueCAD 2021 - Cut to the clipboard. (Typed entry: CUTCLIP)

Hardware (3)

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - Cut the selected item

BlackBerry Classic - Cut

Huawei MatePad Pro - Cut selected items

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