# Cmd + backspace deletes something outside of chat window on OSX **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [March 25, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882 "2025-03-25T21:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yeswecan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/yeswecan/32/27731_2.png) [@yeswecan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/yeswecan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/1 "2025-03-25T21:10:03Z")
Hello! It could be that this is different on Windows, I’m not sure. So there’s this keyboard shortcut that not everyone use, but I use it all the time. Cmd+Backspace deletes the current line so you can start anew. It works systemwide on OSX and is well supported. However, in Cursor’s chat window, when I press it, something is deleted outside of this chat window, which is super annoying! And it’s hard to track. ✅ **Check the forum** to ensure the issue hasn’t been reported already Didn’t find it. 🐞 Provide a **clear description** of the bug Hope I did. 🔄 Explain how to **reproduce the bug** (if known) Just press Cmd+Backspace in chat window. 📷 Attach **screenshots or recordings** (e.g., `.jpg`, `.png`, `.mp4`). Not needed. 💻 Tell us your operating system and your **Cursor version** (e.g., `Windows, 0.x.x`). Cursor 0.47.8, OSX 14.2.1 🚫 Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor. Doesn’t stop but it doesn’t help ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/2 "2025-03-26T10:45:27Z")
Hey, do you mean that using the shortcut deletes something in your file system or in the project? ---
**Author:** ![rggeorge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/rggeorge/32/41396_2.png) [@rggeorge](https://forum.cursor.com/u/rggeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/3 "2025-03-27T17:48:45Z")
HUGE +1 On Mac, cmd+delete typically means “delete text to the beginning of the line” In Cursor chat, it means something like, “delete all of the edits since last chat.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been editing a subsequent prompt and accidentally deleted all changes from the last prompt. The worst part is - you have no idea what was deleted! I typically have to run the last prompt over again. Mega easy fix, mega big pain removed. ---
**Author:** ![yeswecan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/yeswecan/32/27731_2.png) [@yeswecan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/yeswecan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/4 "2025-03-27T22:08:39Z")
The thing is, it’s very hard to say what happens. I see something is happening but I’m not exactly sure what. ---
**Author:** ![evklid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/evklid/32/42398_2.png) [@evklid](https://forum.cursor.com/u/evklid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/5 "2025-04-16T10:47:44Z")
I have the same issue, but only with typing in the chat window. Ubuntu 22.04, if I press Ctrl + Backspace it clears whole sentence instead of ONE WORD I wanted to erase… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-backspace-deletes-something-outside-of-chat-window-on-osx/69882/6 "2025-05-16T10:48:22Z")
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