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Delete key issues

Somehow I remapped the way my Delete key works. I now have to press - Control-Delete - to delete mistyped character.


How can I reset this so that the Delete key works -- each press of the delete key removes one character?

Posted on Apr 25, 2022 10:46 AM

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Posted on Apr 25, 2022 10:57 AM

DonM wrote:

Somehow I remapped the way my Delete key works. I now have to press - Control-Delete - to delete mistyped character.

How can I reset this so that the Delete key works -- each press of the delete key removes one character?


Reset keyboard defaults


>System Preferences>Keyboard


Change Keyboard preferences on Mac - Apple Support


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Apr 25, 2022 10:57 AM in response to DonM

DonM wrote:

Somehow I remapped the way my Delete key works. I now have to press - Control-Delete - to delete mistyped character.

How can I reset this so that the Delete key works -- each press of the delete key removes one character?


Reset keyboard defaults


>System Preferences>Keyboard


Change Keyboard preferences on Mac - Apple Support


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