Delete button

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Sonna

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jun 11, 2007

• #1

Where can I find the delete button on a Macbook? Am I being blind/stupid or does it not exist. I'm fed up of keep using the backspace button!!!
Cheers🙂

 

psycoswimmer

macrumors 65816

• Jun 11, 2007

• #2

I don't have a MacBook, but I think it's something like shift + backspace or option + backspace. Try those out.

 

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Sonna

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jun 11, 2007

• #3

Just worked it out.

Its the 'fn' key (function?) and backspace.

 

psycoswimmer

macrumors 65816

• Jun 11, 2007

• #4

Sonna said:

Just worked it out.

Its the 'fn' key (function?) and backspace.

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Yup, that's function. I wanted to say that in my post but I wasn't actually sure fn was a button on the MB keyboard. 😱

 

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eilikemac

macrumors newbie

• Jun 2, 2010

• #5

Sonna said:

Where can I find the delete button on a Macbook? Am I being blind/stupid or does it not exist. I'm fed up of keep using the backspace button!!!
Cheers🙂

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it is alt+backspace

 

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere

• Jun 2, 2010

• #6

eilikemac said:

it is alt+backspace

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It's a 3 year old thread. They got their answer, and that wasn't it. And they haven't been on the site for 2 years.

 

Gregg2

macrumors 604

• Jun 3, 2010

• #7

eilikemac said:

it is alt+backspace

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GGJstudios said:

It's a 3 year old thread. They got their answer, and that wasn't it. And they haven't been on the site for 2 years.

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...but thanks for joining anyway.

 

lionheartednyhc

macrumors 65816

• Jun 3, 2010

• #8

eilikemac said:

it is alt+backspace

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wow. worst necro post ever.

 

Nago

macrumors member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #9

Necrothreading =)

On a Macbook:

Fn + backspace - "del" key (delete letter to the right)
Alt + backspace - Delete last word
Command + backspace - Delete whole line


Note: Answering just so any googlers can find out, like I did.

 

Last edited: Dec 29, 2010

MyMaria

macrumors newbie

• Jan 11, 2011

• #10

Nago said:

On a Macbook:

Fn + backspace - "del" key (delete letter to the right)
Alt + backspace - Delete last word
Command + backspace - Delete whole line


Note: Answering just so any googlers can find out, like I did.

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OMG. wow... i've switched to Mac since like 2 yrs ago and never bothered about the backspace vs delete button.. got used to using just backspace/delete button on the Mac... until today when my cousin used my mac and asked me where the hell is the backspace vs. delete button... i couldn't answer. your reply saved the day! THANKS!!! 😀