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Delete key on MacBook – solved – how to hit delete on a mac keyboard
Wait a minute, you just shelled out on a new macbook and there's no 'Delete' key!
- OK, since we clarified that you are looking for insert keyboard key as function, it does not exist on Apple keyboards. To insert text, you can simply highlight the text and typing will replace it (insert). To insert a line, just use the return key at the end of the previous line. MS office products have an Insert function.
- How to Make a Custom Keyboard Shortcut on Mac. This works to create a custom keyboard shortcut in macOS and Mac OS X, the technique is compatible and behaves the same in basically every version of Mac OS system software dating back well over a decade. Here is how this excellent feature works.
All is not lost, the delete key on macbook function can be achieved by pressing the function (fn) and backspace keys at the same time.
MacBook Air 11' has slightly different keyboard, with smaller top and bottom row keys to accommodate smaller laptop size. Newest MacBooks Pro with TouchBar don't have upper F keys row, instead, they have a touchscreen which changes displayed options based on context. You'll find accents associated with the following keys: e, y, u, i, o, a, s, l, z, c, n. Typing emoji on a Mac. You might think that emoji are restricted to iPhones and iPads, but they aren't.
(Works on most macbooks & macbook pro's)
backspace key on macbook
Rather have a physical delete key on macbook ? A free third party utility called 'PowerKey' lets you reassign the Power key on Macs to function as a forward delete button, just like how the DEL key works in the PC world. Technically PowerKey has other options and can remap the key to perform other functions too, but the Delete option is the most relevant to our needs here.
Deleting text in front of the cursor with the regular Delete key can be done by holding down the Function, or fn key while pressing it.
You can also do this by pressing Control + D.
You can delete the entire word behind the cursor by pressing Control + Delete or Option + Delete.
You can delete the entire line of text or paragraph behind the cursor by pressing Command + Delete.
Even on a laptop keyboard, you don't have to feel constrained by Apple's Delete key—if you know the right way to use it.
What's the Command key?
The Command key has a legacy that leads to confusion. Many will refer to it as the Apple key, because in the past there used to be an Apple logo on it. The logo you will definitely find on this key looks like a squiggly square (?). It was designed by Susan Kare for the original iMac (and based on the Scandinavian icon for places of interest).
The Command (cmd) key works in a similar way to the Control key on a PC. On a Mac you use the Command key where on a PC you would use Control (or Ctrl). E.g:
Mac Insert Key Equivalent
Command-B = Bold
Command-I = Italic
Command-C = Copy
Command-X = Cut
Command-V = Paste
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Command-Z = Undo
Command-Q = Quit
Command-W = Close window
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