Why does the delete key on the keyboard go backward? How can I make it go the other way?

The delete key, if the cursor is placed mid sentence, will remove letters etc forwards from that cursor point. If you are deleting from the end of a sentence, the backward facing long arrow above the return key will delete backwards from that point.

For groups of letters or sentences, highlight them and press delete.

It is one of those situations where you should learn the new approach because the rest of the system is geared to it.

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Tap FN+Del 🙂

(FN) fn + delete does the same as delete as far as I can see. FN plus the long arrow key above the return key will delete forwards.

There are alternate cordless keyboards. One with a long arrow key above return.