What is Ctrl + Z keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 559 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: Takes your last action back in most of editing programs. Some people wonder why the letter "Z" is used for undo. It's probably because of keyboard position. Ctrl + Z is easy to press and also in the same row with Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V which are very frequently used shortcuts.

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General (36)

Audacity - Undo

Arch Linux - Pauses current task

GNOME - Undo the last action.

Windows 11 - Undo an action

Microsoft Photos App - Undo changes (editing)

Opera - Undo recent changes

Ardour - Undo

HyperSnap 8 - Undo

HyperSnap 8 - Undo

Camtasia - Undo

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Roll20 - Undo previous action

Binance 1.9.1 (Desktop app) - Cancel last order

Windows XP - Undo

Windows XP - Undo last action (undo copy, move, delete, etc)

Windows XP - Undo

Manjaro Linux - Pause the current Task

Firefox - Undo

Mozilla Thunderbird - Undo

Mozilla Thunderbird - Undo

Mozilla Thunderbird - Undo

Windows 3.1 - Undo last command

Ubuntu - Undo the last change you made

GoldWave - Undoes last change.

E-Sword - Undo Editors only

Waze Map Editor - Undo

AVImark - Undo

AVImark - Undo

AVImark - Undo

AVImark - Undo

AVImark - Undo

AVImark - Undo

Vivaldi - Re-open last closed tab

Deepin Linux - Undo

Mapedit (Blood) - Pan up

Giants Editor - Undo

VideoProc Vlogger (Windows) - Undo

Text editing (42)

PDF-XChange Editor - Undo

Microsoft OneNote - Undo the last action

Microsoft Word 2019 - Undo the last action

Nuance Power PDF - Undo (in Advanced Edit mode)

Nuance Power PDF - Delete bookmarks (in Review mode)

Most used text editing - Undo

Brackets - Undo

PSPad - Undo

Notepad - Undo

GNU Emacs - Suspend or iconify Emacs

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KeepNote 0.7.8 - Undo

OneNote for the web - Undo

Wordpad - Undo a change

Notepad2 - Undo

FocusWriter - Undo

Xodo - Undo

Ace Editor - Undo

CudaText 1.88.3 - Perform undo

Texmaker 5.0.4 - Undo

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Undo.

Zettlr (Windows) - Undo

WinMerge - Undo last action

KompoZer - Undo

WriteMonkey - Undo

Zim - Undo

WordPerfect X8 - Undo

gedit - Undo the last action

TextRoom - Undo

Metapad - Undo

ZenWriter 2 - Undo

Dropbox Paper - Undo

Bluefish - Undo

TreePad Lite - Undo last edit

TreePad Lite - Undo last editing action

CherryTree 0.38.8 - Undo Last Operation

Scrivener 1.9.9 - Undo

iA Writer - Undo

Overleaf - Undo

Overleaf - Undo

QuarkXPress 2019 - Undo create item

WikidPad (Windows) - Undo

Google Docs (PC) - Undo

Imaging (111)

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Undo

Blender - Undo

AutoCAD - Undo last action

Krita 4.2.2 - Undo

Tinkercad - Undo

Substance Painter - Undo

QGIS 3.10 - Undo

SketchUp - Undo

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Undo Scene Operation

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Undo

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Siemens NX - Undo List

GIMP - Undo

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Undo

Wings 3D - Edit | Undo/Redo

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Undo

Cura 4 - Undo

3D Coat - Undo

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Undo

MediBang Paint Pro 27.0 - Undo

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Undo

Aspire 10 - Edit Undo

PureRef - Undo

Adobe Photoshop CC - Undo last pin adjustment

Adobe Photoshop CC - Undo/Redo

Adobe Photoshop CC - Undo last action

Adobe Photoshop CC - Undo a selection move

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Undo

Adobe Illustrator - Undo

PowerDirector 17 - Undo

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Reverses the last performed operation.

CorelDRAW 2020 - Cancel the previous action.

CorelDRAW 2020 - Reverses the last operation

Paint Tool SAI - Undo

Poser Pro 12 - Undo load library pose

SketchUp 2022 Pro - Undo

Microsoft Paint - Undo last action

SnagIt 13 - Undo

Paint.NET - Undo

IrfanView - Undo

Krita 3.0 - Undo

Adobe XD (Windows) - Undo

Corel Painter - Undo

Adobe Dimension CC (Windows) - Undo

Affinity Photo - Undo

Simplify3D - Undo

PhotoDirector 10 - Undo last adjustment setting

Canva (Windows) - Undo

DraftSight 2019 - Undo

QCad 3.22.0 - Undo

FastStone MaxView 3.3 - Undo (multi-level)

Pixlr Editor (Web) - Undo

Harmony 20 - Undo

Mari 4.6 - Undo

UVLayout 2.11 - Undo

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Undo

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Undo

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Undo one modeling operation

Creo Parametric 8 - Undo

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Undo

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 8.7 (Windows) - Undo

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Undo

PixInsight (Windows) - Undo

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (Windows) - Undo

Sketchup for Web - Undo

MarvinSketch - Undo

PhotoScape - Undo

Windows Movie Maker - Undo the last action

Sweet Home 3D - Undo

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Undo

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Undo

Autodesk SketchBook (Windows) - Undo

LightWave 3D - Undo

LightWave 3D - Undo

Inkscape - Cancel changes

Inkscape - Undo

Inkscape - cancel current line

ProgeCAD - Undo

Nuke - Undo last action

PaintShop Pro 2018 - Undo

ArtRage Studio Pro - Undo

Gravit Designer - Undo

HitFilm - Undo

Shotcut - Undo

LDCad - Undo the last editing action

FaceRig Studio - Undo

FaceRig Studio - Undo. Camera editor, interpolation editor and the timeline view each stores separate undo stack. When you save or exit the camera editor, undo stack will be cleared

Easel - Undo

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Undo

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Undo

Darktable 2.6.3 - Darkroom > Undo

Darktable 2.6.3 - Lighttable > Preview with focus detection

Darktable 2.6.3 - Map > Undo

Darktable 2.6.3 - Map > Undo

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Undo

Capture One 20 - Undo

Enterprise Architect 14 - Undo a change.

Glimpse 0.1.2 - Undo

Modo 12.1 - Undo

Global Mapper 21 - UNDO the last operation, if possible (example: when digitizing new features)

Global Mapper 21 - While digitizing or editing, undoes the last point.

Fusion 360 - Undo

Fusion 360 - Undo

Moho 13 - Undo

Marmoset Hexels - Undo

OpenToonz 1.4 - Undo

Paint 3D - Undo an action

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Undo

Daz Studio 4.15 - Undo

Element 3D 1.6 - Undo

vecta.io - Undo

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Undo

System tools (11)

KDE Plasma Desktop - Undo

KDE Plasma Desktop - Undo

Termux - Suspend (send SIGTSTP to) current process

zsh - Suspend the running foreground process

PowerToys - Undo last change (File Explorer's "Undo Rename" command also works for PowerRename)

Bash (Unix shell) - Suspend the current foreground process running in bash

Cisco IOS - Apply the command line and exit from config mode (return to previleged EXEC mode)

Command Line - Mark the end of a line. Text you type after that point on that line will be ignored

Xterm - Stop current command (send it to the background)

VMware Workstation 5.0 - Suspend.

XenCenter - Undo last text edit

Developer tools (64)

Jupyter Notebook - Undo

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Undo

Notepad++ - Undo

Spyder 4.1.5 - Undo

Python IDLE for Windows - Undo last change to current window (max 1000 changes)

Microsoft Power Automate 2.22 - Undo

Delphi - Undo

Qt Creator - Undo

Sublime Text 4 - Undo

winIDEA - Undo the last action

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SQLyog - Undo

Meld 3.21 - Undo the last action

HeidiSQL - Undo

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Reverse the last editing action

Windows PowerShell ISE - (Script pane, Command Pane) Undo

Unreal Engine - Undo

Unity - Undo

Roblox Studio - Undo

SAP ABAP - Undo typing

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Undo last action

pgAdmin 4.19 - Undo last edit

JupyterLab - Undo

STM32CubeMX - Undo mode and pinout

Eclipse - Undo last action

FileMaker - Undo the last command

FileMaker - Undo

FileMaker - Undo the last command

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Undo

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

CodeMirror - Undo last change

Qt Linguist 5.13 - Undo

Poedit 2.4.2 - Geri al

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Undo last action

CoffeeCup HTML Editor - Undo

Chrome DevTools - Undo change

WinHex - Undo

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

jEdit - Undo.

Atom (Windows) - core:undo

Atom (Windows) - native!

Autodesk Stingray - Undo

GitHub Desktop - Undo

RStudio - Undo

App Maker - Undo

Looker 6.8 (Windows) - Undo

Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Undo

Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Undo

SmartGit 19 - Discard

TouchDesigner - Undo

Free Pascal IDE - Scroll one line down

FBIde - Undo

HxD 2.3 - Undo

Proto.io - Undo

IDA Pro 7.4 - Undo

PythonWin - Undo

WinDev 25 - Undo the last action

Amazon Lumberyard - Undo the last operation

IBM COBOL Editor - Undo

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Undo

Anvil - Undo the latest change

GitLab (Windows) - Undo

SigmaStudio 4.7 - Undo

Handoff.design (Windows) - Undo

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (Windows) - Undo the previous action.

Web applications (18)

TradingView - Undo

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Undo

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Undo your last action

YouTube Studio - Undo

Elementor - Undo

CKEditor 5 - Undo

Google Drive - Undo last action

WordPress - Undo

WordPress - Undo

Joomla - Undo last change (repeat to undo multiple changes)

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FastMail - Undo

Google Data Studio - Undo

Wordpress Gutenberg - Undo last changes

Quora - Undo

Wix - Undo

Wix - Undo

Wix - Undo

Sitefinity CMS - Undo the last action

File manager (5)

PuTTY - Put whatever you are running into a suspended background process. Type fg to restore it

Q-Dir - Undo

Mp3tag - Undo

Xyplorer - Undo

7-Zip - Set comment for file

Media player (8)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Flip horizontal

GOM Player - Shutdown computer when the files are finished

OpenShot 2.6 - Undo

KMPlayer - Stop

iTunes 11 for Windows - Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode

Amarok (Windows) - Undo

Spotify (macOS) - Undo deleted song or playlist

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Undo

Games - PC (21)

Bloxburg build mode (PC) - Undo

The Sims 4 - Undo

Cities: Skylines (PC) - Undo

Kerbal Space Program - Undo last action

Football Manager 2020 - Undo on text box

Space Engineers (PC) - Enable relative dampening

iRacing - Toggle mouse navigation

NetHack - Suspend (Unix only)

Planet Zoo - Undo

Stellaris (PC) - Empire Map Mode

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Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Locks / Release the mouse cursor inside game window. Useful for mouse scrolling and tactical traversing (windowed mode only)

Tibia - Bug Report (only tutors)

Besiege - Undo

Magic: The Gathering Online - Undo

ChessBase 13 - After deleting or reordering variations: Undo

ChessBase 13 - Archive current database

Fantasy Grounds - Undo last change

Fantasy Grounds - Undo last change

Trainz: A New Era - Undo

StarCraft - (StarCraft: Remastered) Open the diplomacy menu

Avorion (PC) - Attempt to undo

Social & Messaging (6)

Zimbra Web Client - Undo

Adobe Connect - Undo

Cisco Jabber - Undo

Claws Mail - Undo

Cisco Webex - Undo the last action

Irssi 1.2.3 - (stop_irc) Send SIGSTOP to client

Security (5)

Burp Suite - Undo

Comodo IceDragon - Undo

KeePass - Undo

DocuSign - Undo

CryptoForge - Undo

Productivity (174)

FL Studio 20 - Undo / Redo last edit

REAPER - Edit: Undo

REAPER - Edit: Undo

REAPER - Edit: Undo

draw.io - Undo

draw.io - Undo

Lucidchart - Undo

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

Epic - Undo

Edius Pro 9 - Undo

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ActivePresenter 7 - Undo

Aegisub - Undo last action

Ynab - Undo

Finale 26 - Undo

Microsoft Whiteboard - Undo last action

Studio One 5.4 - Undo

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Undo

Smartsheet (Windows) - Undo the previous action since the last saved version

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - Undo

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Undo

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Undo the last action

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Uses the Undo command to reverse the last command or to delete the last entry that you typed

Kali Linux - Undo

Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Undo

Snipaste 2.3.5 - Undo the last edit (can be redone later)

Snip & Sketch - Undo

PlanSwift - Undo

MindMeister - Undo

Miro - Undo

SAGE PE Batigest i7 - Undo the last action performed (maximum 10)

MetaTrader 5 - Cancel object deletion

Xmind - Undo

MindManager 21 - Undo the last action

WinMerge 2.16.10 - Undo last action

Thinkorswim - Undo

Thinkorswim - Undo

Vegas Pro 18 - Undo

NextGen EHR - Undo the last step

Evernote for Windows (legacy) - Undo

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Undo

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Undo last action

WPS Office - Uses the Undo command to reverse the last command or to delete the last entry you typed

Guitar Pro - Undo

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Undo the last action

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Undo the last action

Confluence - Undo

Bluebeam Revu - Undo

Melodyne 4 - Undo

Evernote 10.9.10 - Undo

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Undo

LMMS 1.2.2 - Undo

FineReader 15 - Undo

FineReader 15 - Undo

FineReader 15 - Undo

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Edit > Undo

Ocenaudio 3.1 - Undo

Scribus - Undo last action

Autodesk Flame 2019 - Undo

Cengage Mindtap - Undo

LightBurn - Undo

Diagrams.net - Undo

Avid Media Composer 2021.9 - Undo

Avid Media Composer 2021.9 - Undo action

Configura Cet Designer - Undo

Dialux Evo - Undo

Accounting CS - Undo last change

Microsoft Access 2019 - Undo typing

Google Translator Toolkit - Undo

Google Sheets - Undo

Google Sheets (Android) - Undo

LibreOffice - Undo modifications one step at a time

LibreOffice - Undoes last action

WavePad - Undo

PeopleSoft PeopleTools - Accesses the menu search field if it is enabled.

PeopleSoft PeopleTools - If the search field is configured to appear in the Main Menu, expands the Main Menu and moves the cursor to a search field.

SimpleMind - Undo

Nimbus Note - Undo

QuickBooks Desktop - Undo

Microsoft Sticky Notes - Undo

Lacerte - Undo the last action

Lacerte - Undo the last change

Tableau - Undo

Tableau - Undo

Ableton Live 10 - Undo

Huggle - Previous contribution

MYOB AccountRight - Undo

Xactimate - Undo

CintaNotes 3.13 - Undo last typing actions

Edraw Max 9.4 - Undo

yEd 3.19 - Undo

Front (macOS) - Undo

Excel for the web - Undo

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Undo

Era-Ignite - Undo current field

Engagement CS - Undo last change

Workpapers CS - Undo last change

CCH Axcess Tax - Undo an action.

Nuendo 10 - Undo

Articulate Storyline - Undo the changes

iSpring QuizMaker 8 - Undo

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Undo

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Undo

Mural - Undo

Salesforce - Undo

Salesforce - Undo the last action

Airtable - Undo action

Quip - Undo

Mailchimp - Redo action

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Undo

Microsoft PowerApps - Undo command

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Undo

Dropbox - Undo recent move / copy / rename / delete operation

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Undo last command

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Undo

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Redo

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Undo

Jama Connect - Undo the last change

Oxygen Light - Undo

Cryptee (Windows, Linux) - Undo

WeVideo - Undo / redo your most recent action

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Undo

TickTick - Undo

The Raiser's Edge - Undo

Avidemux 2.8.7 - Undo

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Undo previous action

Powtoon (Windows) - Undo

Onyx - Snapshot (Future)

Twist - Undo format

DataCamp - Undo

RoomSketcher - Undo

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Undo

ProPresenter 7 (Windows) - Undo

ProPresenter (macOS) - Undo

Clipchamp - Undo

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Redo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Celtx (Windows) - Undo

Viz Artist 4.4 - Undo

Viz Artist 4.4 - Undo

Viz Artist 4.4 - View Spline 1 (Rotation Channel Only)

Viz Artist 4.4 - Undo

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Undo

Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Undo

FeatureCAM 2023 - Undo

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Undo

TrainerRoad - Undo action

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Undo last change

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Undo last change

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (Windows) - Undo

Google Docs (Chrome OS) - Undo

Google Docs (Android) - Undo

Noteflight (2022) - Undo last change (multiple history)

OpenBoard 1.6 - Undo

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Undo

Author-It - Undo

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Undo

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Undo what you last did

Deltek Costpoint 8.1 - Undo the last action taken

Quire.io (Windows) - Undo

Serato DJ - Undo Track load

Gramps 5.1 - Undo

Helix Core Visual Client 2022.3 - Undo

CSM 2022.3 Client Suite - Undo last operation

Soundtrap (Windows) - Undo

M*Modal Editor - Undo

ChartNet Editor - Undo

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Undo

Oracle PeopleSoft - Edit > Undo

Oracle PeopleSoft - Edit undo

Scientific (55)

Archicad 24 - Undo

Archicad 24 - Undo (text)

Tekla Structures 20 - Undo

KiCad 5.0.2 - Undo

KiCad 5.0.2 - Undo

Altium Designer - Undo

Altium Designer - Restore the current document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

Altium Designer - Restore the active Draftsman document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

Altium Designer - Restore the active Multi-board document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

Altium Designer - Restore the current document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

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Altium Designer - Used to restore the active SimData Editor to its state previous to the last operation

Altium Designer - Restore a document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

Rhino 6 - Undo

OrCAD Capture - Undo

Catia V5 - Run the Undo command

LabView - Undoes last action

LabView - Undoes last action

MathType 7 - Undo

Mastercam 2022 - Undo

ETABS 20.3 - Undo template add

Maple - Undo

Solidworks 2019 - Undo

FreeCAD 0.18 - Undo

LTspice XVII - Zoom area

LTspice XVII - Zoom area

LTspice XVII - Zoom area

MicroStation V8i - Undo

Petrel - Undo the last editing action in process steps such as Fault Modeling, Seismic interpretation, etc

Petrel - Undo the last editing action

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - UNDO / Undoes the effects of commands.

Alteryx - Undo

GeoGebra - Undo

Onshape 1.98 - Undo

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Edit Undo

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Undo

Originlab Origin 2020 - Undo the last action.

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Undo the last action.

JMP 15 - Undo

PowerScribe 360 - Undo

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Undo last step

Vectorworks 2020 - Undo

Femap 2020.2 - Undo

Femap 2020.2 - Use standard coordinate selection dialog box to define location.*

TrueCAD 2021 - Undo (Typed entry: U)

Oracle Analytics Desktop - Undo the last change

Oracle Analytics Desktop - (Windows) Undo the last change

EasyEDA - Undo

3D Slicer 4 - Undo the history of undoable commands, from last to first.

Desmos Graphing Calculator (Windows) - Undo

Desmos Four-Function Calculator (Windows) - Undo

Desmos Scientific Calculator (Windows, ChromeOS) - Undo

AVEVA PI Vision - Undo an action

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Undo changes made to this diagram (after last save)

Google Looker (Windows, 2023) - Undo

Chemaxon - Marvin JS - Performs undo action

Hardware (3)

BlackBerry Classic - Undo

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - Undo an action

Huawei MatePad Pro - Cancel an operation

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