Where is the delete button on a Mac keyboard?

Not all MacBook Pros have a key that's marked Delete. My MacBook has the Backspace arrow. In some cases, you have to Fn+Backspace (when typing, for instance), in other cases you have to Cmd+Backspace (when deleting a file from the desktop).

It's the one labeled delete.

To forward-delete, hold down the fn key and press delete.

The Delete key opn Mac does and doesn't act the same way as the Backspace and Delete keys on a PC. Normally hitting Delete on a Mac will work as a Backspace key. To Forward Delete, normal action of the Delete key on a PC, you have to hold down the fn key and then hit the Delete key. To Delete a File or something once selected sometimes the Mac Delete keys Deletes it and at other times it does nothing other then give you a Chime/Sound no matter what other key you hold down. This is the case with deleting files in Finder. As in Windows the delete key actually deletes whatever is selected all the time.

Good Luck

The delete key is at the top right 2nd button down.

Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support

eww wrote:

It's the one labeled delete.

Not necesarily. On mine the delete key has a left-pointing arrow.

On older MBP's its the backspace key, its in the upper see the backspace arrow. Use as descdribed above. On newer MBPs the key is labeled delete. Don't worry, you can delete just as easily as you did before.

great tip, thanks

hi, just tinkering my macbook and i have the same problem. i wanna get rid of those email adds which automatically drop down when i open a browser or facebook. any idea how to delete those? i've tried to highlight them and i pressed (comd D) but it didn't work.

On MacBook Pro : Just hold cmd button (right or left button to space) and click backspace. Hope this work for you as well.

Thanks this has really helped me

Apple should not assume we know it when we buy it should they

Regards to you and thanks once again

Sheila Thomas

the corect combination for delete is: keep press fn key +left-pointing arrow.

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